Screens and Room Dividers
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf, Brass
1980s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
20th Century Indian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1950s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
20th Century Japanese Showa Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1920s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
20th Century Unknown Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1980s North American Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Paper
1980s Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Acrylic, Lucite
1970s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Paint
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Marble
20th Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Velvet, Oak
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
1940s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
1970s North American Organic Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lucite, Wood, Paint
20th Century European Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Early 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
20th Century North American Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Paper
Early 20th Century Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
1950s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
1940s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Swiss Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Concrete
1940s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood, Paper
Early 1900s Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Porcelain, Hardwood
1970s French Neoclassical Revival Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Bronze
Early 1900s European Edwardian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Pine
Late 20th Century Austrian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
20th Century Chinese Qing Screens and Room Dividers
Stone, Jade, Lapis Lazuli, Soapstone
1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1940s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Birch
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
Late 20th Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Laminate
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Lucite
20th Century English Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Mahogany
1920s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
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.