Screens and Room Dividers
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cotton, Wood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech, Bentwood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
1930s Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1960s French Louis XIII Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Silver Leaf
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1930s American Greco Roman Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
1960s Japanese Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
1960s European Belle Époque Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
1960s Brazilian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Jacaranda
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Ash
1960s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Japanese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
1930s Mexican Folk Art Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Oak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Rattan
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
1930s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1960s American Baroque Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Wrought Iron
1960s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Wicker
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1930s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1930s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s European Organic Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Swiss Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Concrete
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Resin, Plastic, Walnut
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Textile
1960s Italian Bohemian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1930s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut, Spruce
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s French Provincial Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1960s Indonesian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Silver Leaf
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
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.