Screens and Room Dividers
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Other
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Bauhaus Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Wood, Hardwood
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
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Steel, Copper
2010s Chinese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Pine
Early 20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Damask
2010s Italian Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Aluminum, Brass, Nickel
2010s Mexican Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Wood, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum, Foil, Iron
1920s Mongolian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s American 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 Polish Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Oak, Natural Fiber, Rattan
2010s Polish Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Screens and Room Dividers
Ceramic
1910s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary North American Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary North American Industrial Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Italian Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bog Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Oak, Natural Fiber, Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Oak, Natural Fiber, Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Gold, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Oak, Natural Fiber, Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker
2010s Italian Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer, Oak
2010s Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Polish Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Screens and Room Dividers
Agate, Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Mexican Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
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.