Screens and Room Dividers
21st Century and Contemporary Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Late 20th Century American Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Organic Material
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
2010s American Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum, Foil, Iron
2010s Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Late 20th Century Spanish Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary North American Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
2010s Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1990s American Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1980s American Industrial Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plexiglass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Textile
21st Century and Contemporary European Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Organic Material
1930s French Industrial Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Art Glass, Stained Glass
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Paint, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary European Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Wrought Iron
2010s Italian Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
2010s Italian Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Nickel, Brass, Aluminum, Metal
20th Century Industrial Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary North American Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
1990s Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Patent Leather
1930s French Romantic Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Smoked Glass
Mid-20th Century French Romantic Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
20th Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1960s Industrial Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
19th Century European Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
1980s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Fabric
1830s French Louis Philippe Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Late 18th Century French Empire Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau 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.