Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rosewood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech, Bentwood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metallic Thread
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Jacquard, Mahogany
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Ash
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak, Pine
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Mid-20th Century Thai Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
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
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
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cherry
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plastic
1820s English Regency Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Lacquer
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century American Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Foil
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century American Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Cane
1980s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-20th Century American Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Late 20th Century American Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Giltwood
1930s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Oak
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Mirror
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Rattan
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
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.