Screens and Room Dividers
1880s French Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cotton, Wood
19th Century French Rococo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood
19th Century Japanese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech, Bentwood
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Hardwood
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Early 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century French American Classical Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paper
2010s Guatemalan Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Portuguese Other Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Silver Leaf
1960s European Belle Époque Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century Indian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plexiglass, Beech
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany, Lacquer
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood, Paper
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Mirror, Giltwood
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
2010s French Other Screens and Room Dividers
Other, Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood, Plywood
20th Century American Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Walnut, Hardwood, Wood, Rattan
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood, Fabric
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1930s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone, Brass
1970s Indian Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Giltwood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s Chinese Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1960s European Organic Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 19th Century English Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Rosewood
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
1960s French Provincial Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Metal
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
19th Century Italian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
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.