Screens and Room Dividers
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s European Other Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood, Paint
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Other Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
1970s Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1990s Philippine Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Tin
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1940s Chinese Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century Italian Other Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Poplar
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1940s Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Other Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze, Brass
1940s Italian Other Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Belgian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Giltwood
1950s American Other Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Giltwood
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Other Screens and Room Dividers
Jade
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century French Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
20th Century Indian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1980s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
Late 20th Century Other Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Other Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Other
20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s French Other Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
1980s Belgian Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Cherry
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Balinese Other Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
19th Century Tibetan Other Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-19th Century Portuguese Other Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s French Other Screens and Room Dividers
Other, Gold Leaf
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
1940s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 2000s American Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Marble
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 20th Century Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
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.