Screens and Room Dividers
1880s French Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary French Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
19th Century French Rococo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s American Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary French Screens and Room Dividers
Rope
1940s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1960s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Oak
1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1970s Belgian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Concrete, Steel
1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plexiglass, Beech
1950s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1940s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Murano Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Gold Leaf
2010s Danish Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
20th Century English Screens and Room Dividers
Wool
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
2010s North American Screens and Room Dividers
Abalone, Wood
2010s North American Screens and Room Dividers
Abalone, Wood
1790s English Regency Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood, Paint
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Textile, Mahogany
2010s North American Screens and Room Dividers
Abalone, Wood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Upholstery, Walnut
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan, Oak
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Silk, Wood, Paint
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
1970s North American Organic Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lucite, Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
2010s Belgian Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
2010s Belgian Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Belgian Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Early 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Porcelain, Hardwood
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
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.