Screens and Room Dividers
2010s Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
2010s Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
1820s French Empire Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Steel
1940s Italian Other Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1990s Swedish Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood, Lacquer
2010s Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Enamel, Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plastic, Wood
Mid-20th Century Japanese Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone
2010s Italian Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Italian Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Silver Leaf
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1960s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary British Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Upholstery
1990s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Lead
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Baroque Screens and Room Dividers
Crystal, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Argentine Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Mid-20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stoneware, Ceramic
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum, Foil, Iron
1970s American Brutalist Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1760s Dutch Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Late 19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1980s French Brutalist Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Late 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone
21st Century and Contemporary Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary South Korean Screens and Room Dividers
Foam
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Early 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wool
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary English Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 1900s French Organic Modern Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
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.