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
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Screens and Room Dividers
Textile, Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
Early 1900s English Neoclassical Revival Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Glass, Beech, Giltwood
2010s Mexican Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Mexican Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer, Paint
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Early 20th Century Scottish Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Other Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
Early 1900s German Folk Art Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Walnut
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 20th Century European Jugendstil Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s French Screens and Room Dividers
Paint, Paper, Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Chestnut
2010s French Screens and Room Dividers
Paint, Paper, Wood, Fabric
2010s Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary French Screens and Room Dividers
Rope
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
2010s Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Hardwood
Early 1900s Thai Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Beech
Early 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Pine
2010s Ukrainian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Straw, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
2010s Ukrainian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Straw, Wood
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Onyx, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
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
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Mahogany
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary French Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
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.