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Screens and Room Dividers For Sale
Black Lacquer Six-Panel Screen Divider with Hand-Painted Red-Crested Cranes
Located in Yonkers, NY
This vintage Chinese six-panel screen offers a commanding depiction of red-crested Manchurian cranes in flight and repose, rendered across a black lacquer ground with intricate hand-...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Hand-Painted Floral Fauna Three-Panel Screen Room Divider by Sarreid Italy
By Sarreid Ltd.
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Here is a beautiful, highly decorative room divider or screen executed by Sarreid and hand-painted in Italy. The four panels are painted in rich levels of vegetal greens--the scene d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Antiqued Octagon Paneled Motif Smoked Mirror Screen with Silvered Back
Located in New York, NY
This refined Art Deco antiqued smoked mirror screen is a remarkable testament to French craftsmanship from the 1940s. The screen’s surface is adorned with a striking raised octagonal...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Mirror
Modern Minimal Yellow Aluminium Privacy Screen / Room Divider
By &New
Located in Leicester, GB
The Gray Screen is a freestanding room divider, named after the iconic modernist architect-designer Eileen Gray, a lover of screens. The large powder-coated aluminium curves introduc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Aluminum
Set of Four Antique Chinese Architectural Panels with Carved Lattice and Figures
Located in Yonkers, NY
This antique Chinese four-panel screen is composed of individually carved wooden panels, each featuring a finely pierced geometric lattice design and a central cartouche with deeply ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Vintage Chinese Four-Panel Screen with Silver Ground and Hand-Painted Cranes
Located in Yonkers, NY
This vintage Chinese four-panel screen features a striking depiction of red-crowned cranes set against a luminous silver-colored ground. Rendered in a bold, stylized manner, the five...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Eames Rosewood Screen/Room Divider FSW-6 1996 edition
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Limited edition of the Eames folding screen (FSW-6) in rosewood, numbered 107/500. The design of the screen was a clever combination of molded plywood panels and a flexible cotton ca...
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Rosewood
19th Century Rococo Floral Painted Four Panel Dressing Screen
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An impressive four panel painted folding screen featuring a variety of flowers. Each panel is delicately painted in black, reds, oranges, yellows, pinks and blues. Originally used a...
Category
Mid-19th Century Danish Rococo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Paint, Canvas
ClassiCon White Limited Edition Brick Screen by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
A LIMITED EDITION
of a real work of art
ca. 115*
24 187
* Gesamtbreite flach 139 cm
* Total width flat 139 cm
BRICK
SCREEN
Designer, Version
Designer, Ausführung
Product
Produkt
Fold...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vintage Four-Panel Polychrome Floral Folding Screen with Scalloped Accents
Located in Yonkers, NY
This four-panel folding screen is a vivid celebration of botanical artistry rendered in delicate polychrome paint over a finely crackled ground. Each of the four slender panels stand...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Black Lacquer Four-Panel Hand-Painted Screen with Red-Crown Cranes -Vintage
Located in Yonkers, NY
Richly detailed and visually captivating, this vintage four-panel hand-painted screen features a striking tableau of red-crested cranes and lotus blossoms set against a dramatic blac...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Indian carved & pierced teak folding screen, c. 1900-25
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Vintage, four part frame and panel folding screen in carved & pierced teak. The screen is carved on both sides.
India, British Raj, 1900-25.
Dimensions: 80" W x 1" D x 73" H (overall)
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Teak
Vintage Japanese Two-Panel Privacy Screen, Art Deco, Room Divider, Circa 1940
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a captivating Japanese two-panel privacy screen, dating to the late Art Deco period, circa 1940. This elegant mahogany room divider exudes period charm, showcasing skilled cr...
Category
1940s Japanese Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Black Chinoiserie Silk Painted Four Panel Screen
Located in Houston, TX
1980s Chinese vintage black silk four panel painted silk screen. Each panel is 83.75"H x 15.5"W x 0.75"D.
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Silk
Sculpta-Grille Bones Screen on Walnut Base by Richard Harvey, 1960s
Located in Culver City, CA
If a space-age honeycomb and a brutalist dream had a baby, it’d be this sculptural stunner.
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This sculptural screen is part of the legendary “Sculpta-Grille” series by architect Richard Harvey, who brought space-age swagger to Mid Century architecture with his futuristic resin forms. Originally conceived for use in commercial spaces like banks, casinos, and mod lounges, these panels were designed to divide space and steal the show. Today, surviving examples are rare—and coveted by collectors, designers, and editors alike.
This particular beauty is the cleanest one we've come across: the resin is bright and crisp, and the walnut base is rich, warm, and glowing with just the right amount of vintage character. It’s photographed here in our gallery alongside a Marta Blomstedt style scalloped back chair. We currently have this paired with a Paul Evans credednza, Milo Baughman sofa, and Hans Wegner Papa bear chair and not only does this piece hold its own-- it steals the show and makes a bold mid century modern statement!
Use it as a room divider, sculpture, or gallery wall anchor. It’s not just décor—it’s a conversation-stopping design artifact.
And bonus: we also have a second screen available, with more patina and a softer, creamier buttery ivory tone. Display one solo for impact, or double up for a modular moment worthy of a museum.
Richard Harvey’s Sculpta...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Resin, Walnut
$8,720 Sale Price
20% Off
A handsome hand-painted oriental screen / room divider, 20th century
Located in View Park, CA
A handsome vintage oriental partition or room divider, 20th century. Hand-painted with Asian birds and flowers in tones of licorice, maraschino, and frond green against a glowing gol...
Category
20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Paint
Alvar Aalto Room Divider / Screen '100' 1936 in Solid Pine for Artek
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Tilburg, NL
Alvar Aalto Room Devider / Screen '100' 1936 in Solid Pine for Artek, Finland. New, current production.
Made of fine pinewood strips that have been vertically aligned, Screen 100 ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Pine
Michael Taylor Chinoiserie Coromandel Large Six Panel Folding Screen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gorgeous large Michael Taylor Asian chinoiserie coromandel screen with 6 large panels. Very tall, too. Add some quality drama to your design project.
Category
1990s American Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Four-Panel Gilt and Lacquer Folding Screen with Cranes and Lotus
Located in Yonkers, NY
A striking four-panel Chinese folding screen featuring an opulent gilt background and richly painted imagery, likely dating to the late 20th century. The front of the screen showcase...
Category
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Modern Minimal Room Divider Dressing Room Privacy Screen in Burgandy
By &New
Located in Leicester, GB
The Gray screen is a freestanding room divider named after the iconic modernist architect-designer Eileen Gray, a lover of screens. The large powder-coated aluminium curves introduce...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Aluminum
Six-Panel Chinese Black Lacquer Screen with Hand-Painted Court Scenes
Located in Yonkers, NY
This six-panel Chinese folding screen is richly decorated in black lacquer with finely rendered gilt hand-painted court scenes. The panels depict an intricate series of domestic and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Leather, Wood
Spanish 19th Century Leather Folding Screen
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A mesmerizing, Spanish 19th century tooled leather folding screen–over six feet tall–embossed with floral & foliate motifs that cover the surface to expansive effect. The four connec...
Category
19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal
Pinewood Room Divider by Alvar Aalto for Artek, Finland, 1940s
By Alvar Aalto, Artek
Located in Stockholm, SE
Beautiful room divider by Alvar Aalto, made from vertical slats of pine, snugly adjoined. Can be shaped in various ways and stands steadily on the ground.
Category
1940s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Pine
Fantastic Hand-Painted 4 Panel Classical Romantic Screen Room Divider
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a masterpiece of painting and design. This gorgeous French room divider or dressing screen is masterfully painted with scenes of love, fidelity and beauty. This is a gorgeou...
Category
1890s French Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Walnut
Japanese Antique Hand Painted Lotus And Blue Waters Screen Vibrant Colors
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese Acquisitions- Hard to Find Lotus Flowers
A stunning Japanese Antique Hand Painted six panel byobu screen on silk executed with lovely lotus flowers and vib...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Victorian Folding Decoupage Screen /Roomdivider
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1691 Antique Victorian decoupage room devider .
Two sided
Front side in good condition back side has some damages(wholes)
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Hardwood, Paper
Patinated Sculpta-Grille Bones Screen on Walnut Base by Richard Harvey, 1960s
Located in Culver City, CA
This isn’t just a room divider. This is a tanned, well-traveled, effortlessly bronzed bombshell who’s been sunning her curves on the French Riviera since 1968. A screen with a backst...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Resin, Walnut
Mid Century Mini Four Panel Teak Folding Screen with Square Lattice Design
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool and hard to find mini four panel teak folding screen with intricate square lattice design, circa 1970s. Each individual panel measures 6.5" wide x 19.5" tall making exten...
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Teak
Hand-Painted Four-Panel Folding Screen with Neoclassical Style Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
Rich in Neoclassical influence and European decorative tradition, this vintage four-panel screen offers an ornate, hand-painted design that reads like a grand architectural fantasy. ...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Canvas, Wood
1950 Pair of Screens Atelier Marolles & Jean Touret
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of wrought-iron screens with brown patina, designed by Jean Touret and made by the Atelier de Marolles, in good condition.
The screen features a rectangular wrought-iron frame ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wrought Iron
Vintage Hand-painted "Trompe L'oile" Folding Screen, Maitland-Smith Style
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Hand-painted "Trompe L'oile" Folding Screen, Maitland-Smith Style
Offered for sale is a vintage three panel folding-screen that is painted with hand-painted with a "trompe l...
Category
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Paint
Dramatic Large 8 Panel Coromandel Screen
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Dramatic very large ornate coromandel screen having gold background and meticulously carved and painted figural scenes. Back side is solid color lacquer.
Category
1950s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Restored Mid-Century Room Divider by L. Volak for Drevopodnik Holesov, 1960s
By Ludvik Volak
Located in Żory, PL
This room divider was designed by Ludvik Volák for Dřevopodnik Holešov in the 1960s.
Made of bent, veneered plywood. This room divider has been completely restored, varnished in a sa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Plywood
Midcentury Italian Bamboo Lounge Chair, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An amazing Mid-Century Modern lounge chair. Made probably in Italy, circa 1970s. This is a beautiful all original item in good condition. It has some signs of use, scratches to the b...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Rattan, Wood, Fabric
Four-Panel Finely Carved Teak Room Divider Screen
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nicely and finely intricate carved teak 4-panel screen room divider.
Category
20th Century Southeast Asian Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Teak
Large Richard Harvey Sculpta Grille Room Divider In Walnut Frame by Modernica
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A large 10 foot wide room divider originally designed by Richard Harvey in 1962 and subsequently produced by Modernica. It stands slightly over 79 inches tall. It is framed in a pret...
Category
2010s American Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Plastic, Walnut
Vintage Chinese Black Lacquer Oriental Fireplace Screen Fire Screen Divider
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinese Black Lacquer Oriental Fireplace Screen Fire Screen Divider. Item featured is painted on both sides with village scene and bird scen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
English Vintage Upholstered Screen
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Wrapped in a beautiful ocre and ivory fabric, this three-panel screen will be the perfect piece to customize your room. Use it to create a private area or section off your interior t...
Category
20th Century English Other Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Paint
Chinese Coromandel Four Panel Screen Room Devider Landscape Scene
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1707 Chinese coromandel four panel screen featuring figures,birds ,flowers engaged in leasure activities in a garden setting
Folded dimensions W 16.5" 72" H 3.5"D
Category
1950s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Four Fold 19th Century Chinoiserie Leather Screen
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Attractive Late 19th Century Four Fold Leather Room Dividing Screen, With Extremely Attractive Chinoiserie Decoration To Panels, Incorporating People, Pagodas And Trees, With Gilt...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Leather, Oak
$6,071 Sale Price
20% Off
Three Panel Art Deco Privacy Screen or Room Divider with Decorative Detail
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant three panel, designed in the style of the "Amsterdam School" an off-shoot of Art Deco. Can be used as a room divider or privacy screen. Made with a dark oak frame and distinc...
Category
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Fabric, Oak
19th Century Painted & Gilt Decorated 4 Panel Screen
Located in Huntington, NY
19th Century4 Panel Painted & Gilt Decorated 4 Panel Screen
Category
Mid-19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
$4,648 Sale Price
31% Off
French Modernist Louvered Glass Screen in the style of Jean Prouve
By Jean Prouvé
Located in CA, CA
A large modernist freestanding screen comprising of three panels, circa 1950.
Each panel has twelve pieces of frosted glass working on a louvre louver, mechanism allowing the top si...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Style Inlaid Stone Room Divider Folding Screen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition
Materials: Tessellated Stone, Inlaid Brass
A stunning example of Art Deco craftsmanship, this inlaid stone folding screen boasts intricate tes...
Category
1970s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Stone, Brass
Mid-Century Room Divider by L. Volak for Drevopodnik Holesov, 1960s
By Ludvik Volak
Located in Żory, PL
This room divider was designed by Ludvik Volák for Dřevopodnik Holešov in the 1960s.
Made of bent, veneered plywood. The height is adjustable from 259 to 268cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Plywood
Chic Mirror-Polished or Powder-Coated Aluminum Room Divider or Screen
By Sight Unseen, Bestcase
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Song screen by Charles Constantine of Bestcase is a more striking, modern take on the Eames’s iconic 1946 FSW screen. Made from mirror-polished aluminum, it also subverts the idea of traditional folding screens, once adorned with mythological depictions or historical narratives, by mirroring the present rather than reflecting on the past. The screen is fully customizable - panels can be added or taken away, with your choice of finish (a powder coated version of the screen is priced at $7,080).
The Song Screen is part of Sight Unseen's first-ever furniture collection, creative directed by Sight Unseen founders Monica Khemsurov and Jill Singer and produced in collaboration with Bestcase, a Long Island...
Category
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Aluminum
Bernard Dunand Three Panel Screen after a design by Jean Dunand in 1931
Located in CA, CA
A three-leaf screen in black Chinese lacquer, decorated with geometric motifs in gold leaf and red lacquer, the reverse side in black lacquer with the right panel signed Bernard Duna...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Lacquer
ClassiCon Limited Edition Brick Screen in Black or White by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
A LIMITED EDITION
of a real work of art
ca. 115*
24 187
* Gesamtbreite flach 139 cm
* Total width flat 139 cm
BRICK
SCREEN
Designer, Version
Designer, Ausführung
Product
Produkt
Folding screen. Framework stainless steel.
Shims, spacers and end caps polished solid
brass, with clear varnish. Panels high-gloss
lacquered in black. Handcrafted in Germany.
Paravent. Edelstahlgerüst. Beilagscheiben,
Abstandshalter und Endkappen aus massivem
Messing, poliert und klar lackiert. Paneele mit
Klavierlackoberfläche in Schwarz. Handgefertigt
in Deutschland.
Black Schwarz
Also available in white upon request.
Auf Anfrage auch in weiß erhältlich.
An elaborate masterpiece of craftsmanship,
this is the first version of the Brick Screen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Stainless Steel
Almeria Screen
By Pinetti
Located in Milan, IT
Part of the Almeria series, this screen is comprised of three panels, each divided into two, whose structure is in wood with a wenge finish. The panels are covered in Pinetti's signa...
Category
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Leather, Wood
$2,800 / item
19th Century French Chinoiserie Four Panel Giltwood Screen
Located in Houston, TX
A lovely 19th Century French giltwood folding screen painted in the Chinoiserie style and backed in silk.
Category
19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Canvas, Silk, Wood, Giltwood
Antique Chinese Coromandel Four Panel Screen
Located in New York, NY
Lovely antique Chinese four-panel screen, crafted most likely in the 19th century. Composed of exquisite coromandel wood, the panels depict a bustling scene from a Chinese village wi...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Hand-Painted Floral Screen with Butterflies, Vintage Four-Panel Divider
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage four-panel hand-painted screen with butterfly and flower motifs. A celebration of artistry and nature, this vintage Chinese four-panel screen brings elegance to any space w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Paper
Hand-Painted Three Panel Screen by Gustavo Novoa, Signed 1980s
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This exceptional three-panel screen by artist Gustavo Novoa is a rare hand-painted work showcasing his whimsical take on Chinoiserie style. Signed by the artist, the screen likely da...
Category
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Paint
Italian Neoclassical Gray Polychromed 6-Panel Screen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian Neoclassical Gray Polychromed 6-Panel Screen
Italy, 20th Century
This Italian Neoclassical Gray Polychromed 6-Panel Screen, made in Italy during the 20th century, is an e...
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Lacquer
Antique Room Divider "Paravent" - Folding Screen with Yellow Chinoiserie Fabric
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful folding screen / room divider with three panels. The base is made of pine, upholstered with a seamless pattern fabric depicting a Chinese scene with mother and child. Th...
Category
1890s French Belle Époque Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Fabric, Pine
Modern Minimal Privacy Screen / Pink Room Divider in Aluminium
By &New
Located in Leicester, GB
The Gray Screen is a freestanding room divider named after the iconic modernist architect-designer Eileen Gray, a lover of screens. The large powder-coated aluminium curves introduce...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Aluminum
Ro Separé Free-Standing by Mia Cullin
Located in Milan, IT
Ro is a room divider with creative rotating palettes. In the free-standing version, the shape of the base allows the room divider to be placed in every space without fixing it. The m...
Category
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Aluminum
$8,910 / item
Cherrywood Tambour Screen, Italy, 1970's
Located in New York, NY
Cherrywood Italian Modernist tambour screen/ room divider. Beautiful interior design element crafted from vertical cherrywood slats that can be rolled up and opened in numerous dynam...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Cherry
Black Lacquer Screen with Cranes and Gold Leaf, Four-Panel Room Divider
Located in Yonkers, NY
A striking display of artistry, this Chinese lacquered folding screen showcases a mesmerizing composition of red-crowned cranes in flight against a golden backdrop. The four-panel construction features a dynamic arrangement of cranes, their detailed plumage accentuated by subtly raised lacquer outlines, lending a dimensional quality to the artwork. The luminous gold ground, possibly applied with gold leaf or gilded foil, creates a radiant contrast to the deep black lacquer frame. Delicate hand-painted floral motifs soften the edges, introducing a refined decorative element.
On the reverse, an equally elegant painted landscape unfolds, featuring songbirds perched among flowering branches and lotus blossoms. This dual-sided design enhances versatility, allowing the screen to function as both a decorative statement piece and a functional room divider.
Whether placed as a dramatic backdrop in a dining room, used as an ornate headboard...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
English 19th Century Edwardian Folding Screen
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A massive antique English five-panel folding screen from the 19th century, this was probably used in a commercial or hospitality setting to divide a large space into more intimate pr...
Category
19th Century English Edwardian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Cotton, Mahogany
Vintage Screens and Antique Room Dividers on 1stDibs: Japanese Screens, Chinese Screens and Art Deco Screens for Sale
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.
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