Screens and Room Dividers
2010s Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1990s Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Late 20th Century Finnish Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Birch
1970s American Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
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
20th Century Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Silver Leaf
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Pine
2010s Ukrainian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Straw, Wood
2010s Ukrainian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Straw, Wood
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Onyx, Steel
1980s Hong Kong Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Wrought Iron
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Copper, Chrome
2010s Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
1940s Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
20th Century American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Chestnut
Early 2000s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
2010s Lebanese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Stainless Steel, Steel
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Mirror, Giltwood
20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1940s Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1980s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Art Glass
20th Century American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
2010s British Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1970s Unknown Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1990s Swedish Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
1950s Italian Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
2010s Guatemalan Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Mahogany
1970s Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Parchment Paper
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Indian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Bone, Resin, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Bentwood
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Danish Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
20th Century American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
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.