Screens and Room Dividers
2010s Danish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s British Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Textile, Thread, Wood, Fur
2010s Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Walnut
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Paint
1940s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s French Screens and Room Dividers
Paint, Paper, Fabric, Wood
1940s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Stone
2010s French Screens and Room Dividers
Paint, Paper, Wood, Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary French Screens and Room Dividers
Rope
2010s Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
2010s Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1940s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1940s American Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Silver Leaf
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
2010s Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Wrought Iron
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
1940s Chinese Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1940s Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Marble, Gold Leaf
2010s Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary French Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
1940s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Chestnut
Early 2000s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
2010s Ukrainian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Other
1940s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
2010s Lebanese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Stainless Steel, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Guatemalan Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Mahogany
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Murano Glass, Wood
2010s Indonesian Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Rosewood, Reclaimed Wood
1940s Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 2000s Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
1940s Adam Style Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1940s Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
2010s British Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French 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.