Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-20th Century Belgian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1990s Swedish Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
1830s French Louis Philippe Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1940s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Early 20th Century Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
1960s Italian Bohemian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Giltwood, Lacquer
Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Screens and Room Dividers
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Oak
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Oak
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Cane
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Oak
Early 2000s American Screens and Room Dividers
Other
1950s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
1880s Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Aesthetic Movement Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Early 2000s American Screens and Room Dividers
Straw
19th Century Chinese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Giltwood
1930s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Walnut, Hardwood, Wood, Rattan
19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s Unknown Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
1970s Malagasy Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1930s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Early 2000s Italian Romantic Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
1980s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s American Screens and Room Dividers
Silver, Other
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s Chinese Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s Unknown Rustic Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Wood, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Japonisme Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Plastic
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1950s Brutalist Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone
1960s Swiss Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Concrete
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Antique and Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Whether they are implemented as decorative accents or makeshift partitions to ensure privacy, antique and vintage folding screens and room dividers easily introduce sophistication and depth to any space in your home.
The earliest examples of folding screens are said to have originated in China and go back at least as far as the Han dynasty. Screens of the era were heavy structures made of wood and had hinges of cloth or leather. They were adorned with elaborate landscape paintings that were typically created on silk or paper canvases and applied directly to the screen’s panels afterward. Just as they had been in the 20th century and today, the folding screens then were recognized for both their practical and purely decorative properties.
Japanese room-divider screens were also decorated with paintings but constructed to be lightweight and mobile. They took on considerable event-based importance when the structures gained popularity in the East Asian country, as the folding screens were used in performing arts such as concerts, tea ceremonies and more. Later, artists elsewhere warmed to folding screens and sought to create their own.
In European countries such as France, where they were known as paravent, folding screens began to materialize in apartments in Paris, gaining favor with the likes of pioneering couturier Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, who is said to have accrued more than 30 and used them as a precursor to what we now know as wallpaper.
On 1stDibs, find a wide range of antique and vintage folding screens and room dividers, which, given their history, may do a better job of bringing people and cultures together in your home than sectioning off a space. Search by material to find options in metal, fabric or wood, or browse by style for mid-century modern designs and examples from the Art Deco era.