Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Mirror
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cotton, Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood, Lacquer
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak, Pine
2010s Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metallic Thread
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
1970s American Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Jacquard, Mahogany
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Lucite, Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
2010s Guatemalan Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rosewood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Late 20th Century Finnish Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Birch
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
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 Thai Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Walnut
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan, Rope
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Silver Leaf
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Ash, Plywood, Canvas
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plastic
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Ash
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cherry
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1980s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Onyx, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Ash
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
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.