Screens and Room Dividers
1930s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Swiss Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Concrete
2010s American Screens and Room Dividers
Silver, Other
21st Century and Contemporary American Aesthetic Movement Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1970s Chinese Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
Early 20th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Walnut, Hardwood, Wood, Rattan
1970s Unknown Rustic Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1830s French Louis Philippe Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Linen, Wood, Mahogany
1820s French Empire Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Steel
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
1970s European Organic Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel, Cut Steel
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
18th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fiberglass
1970s European Organic Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cut Steel
Early 2000s Italian Romantic Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
1980s Unknown Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1980s Chinese Tribal Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
2010s Indian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Bone, Resin, Wood
2010s French Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Stainless Steel
1950s American Other Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1920s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
19th Century French Baroque Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Bronze
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
20th Century English Screens and Room Dividers
Wool
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1930s American Neoclassical Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Late 19th Century Chinese Ming Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Paint
19th Century Italian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Oak
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Gold Leaf
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Palisander
21st Century and Contemporary British Screens and Room Dividers
Velvet
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.