Screens and Room Dividers
Early 1900s Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Softwood, Paper
20th Century Neoclassical Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Wrought Iron
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
1950s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century European Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Rosewood
1970s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1990s American Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1980s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Art Glass
Early 20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Late 20th Century Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric
1970s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Reed, Glass
1960s Japanese Anglo-Japanese Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1940s Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Early 20th Century Chinese Ming Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century American Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Damask
1950s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1980s American Industrial Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plexiglass
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Sycamore
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1980s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
20th Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Mid-20th Century Central American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
1950s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
1980s Unknown Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1980s European Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
20th Century Unknown Baroque Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
20th Century Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Sandalwood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan, Oak
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Screens and Room Dividers
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
1970s Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum, Enamel
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Late 20th Century Other Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fiberglass
20th Century European Rococo Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Tapestry
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Early 1900s Art Deco Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Vintage Screens and Antique Room Dividers on 1stDibs: Japanese Screens, Chinese Screens and Art Deco Screens for Sale
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.