Screens and Room Dividers
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1990s American Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Paint
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary French Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
2010s Mexican Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Shell, Walnut
2010s Panamanian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1850s Japanese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Laminate
2010s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Travertine, Metal, Brass
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum, Iron
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary European Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Cane, Rattan
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Metal
Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Mid-20th Century Korean Screens and Room Dividers
Paper, Silk
1980s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Polystyrene, Paint
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Straw
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary South Korean Screens and Room Dividers
Foam
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Jacquard
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
21st Century and Contemporary South Korean Screens and Room Dividers
Foam
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Early 20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Damask
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan, Mirror
1940s American Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Mexican Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Steel, Copper
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
20th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Mirror
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Bamboo
1960s American Mid-Century 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.