Screens and Room Dividers
2010s Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Unknown Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-20th Century Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Copper
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Mirror
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1940s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Stone
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Directoire Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
2010s Polish Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Early 20th Century Scandinavian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Italian Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
1970s European Organic Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel, Cut Steel
1970s European Organic Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
2010s Italian Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Nickel, Brass, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stoneware
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
2010s Japanese Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
2010s German Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
1980s Organic Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan, Reed
2010s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1980s Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
1960s Swiss Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Concrete
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1930s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1950s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Early 20th Century Spanish Baroque Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary British Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1990s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
2010s Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Magnets
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass, Iron
Late 20th Century Austrian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Late 20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Sheet Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Rococo Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum, Foil, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
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.