Screens and Room Dividers
2010s Brazilian Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze, Wire
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Straw
21st Century and Contemporary South Korean Screens and Room Dividers
Foam
21st Century and Contemporary Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Chinese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wool
Early 1900s English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary South Korean Screens and Room Dividers
Foam
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
Early 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Jacquard
21st Century and Contemporary European Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Plexiglass
21st Century and Contemporary Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary British Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary European Screens and Room Dividers
Plexiglass, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Screens and Room Dividers
Plexiglass, Oak
2010s Spanish Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Magnets
21st Century and Contemporary South Korean Screens and Room Dividers
Foam
21st Century and Contemporary English Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1910s French Louis XVI Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Giltwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Oak, Natural Fiber, Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 1900s French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s American Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Early 1900s English Regency Revival Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Organic Material
Early 1900s French Organic Modern Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum, Foil, Iron
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood, Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Organic Material
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
2010s Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Marble, Brass
2010s Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Mexican Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Early 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Enamel
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Leather, Textile
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.