Screens and Room Dividers
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Mirror
2010s Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1990s Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Patent Leather
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Paper, Wood
2010s Chinese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Jacquard
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Textile
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Organic Material
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Chinese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
1950s French Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Glass, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Amethyst
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Shell, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
2010s Canadian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1940s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Rosewood, Reclaimed Wood
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
20th Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
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.