Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century American Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Mirror
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
2010s Italian Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cotton, Wood
1880s French Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric
1820s French Empire Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Steel
20th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Late 20th Century Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood, Lacquer
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rosewood
20th Century American Rustic Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Giltwood
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
2010s Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Hardwood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Softwood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metallic Thread
Early 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1930s Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Jacquard, Mahogany
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Elm
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1880s Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1970s Thai Bohemian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Early 1900s English Neoclassical Revival Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Glass, Beech, Giltwood
1970s Thai Bohemian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
Late 20th Century Finnish Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Birch
1960s French Louis XIII Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Early 2000s Mexican Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Early 20th Century Scottish Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
1890s English Late Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Thai Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1970s French Art Nouveau Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 1900s German Folk Art Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1940s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
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.