Screens and Room Dividers
2010s Danish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
2010s British Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Textile, Thread, Wood, Fur
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Early 2000s Mexican Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Mexican Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Other Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Walnut
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s French Screens and Room Dividers
Paint, Paper, Fabric, Wood
18th Century and Earlier British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Chestnut
2010s French Screens and Room Dividers
Paint, Paper, Wood, Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary French Screens and Room Dividers
Rope
2010s Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
2010s Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
2010s Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
18th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood, Paint
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Textile, Cotton, Paper
2010s Ukrainian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Straw, Wood
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Onyx, Steel
2010s Ukrainian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Straw, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
21st Century and Contemporary French Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
18th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary French Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
18th Century European Baroque Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
2010s Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Marble, Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
18th Century Italian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Poplar
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Ukrainian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Other
18th Century British Georgian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Velvet
Early 2000s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
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.