Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1940s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Late 20th Century American Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Mirror
1880s French Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary French Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
2010s Italian Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Cotton, Wood
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
1820s French Empire Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Steel
20th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
19th Century French Rococo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood
19th Century Japanese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
20th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s European Bauhaus Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Pine
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak, Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Tin
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
2010s Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
2010s Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
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
2010s Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Hardwood
1980s American Biedermeier Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Mahogany
1970s American Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metallic Thread
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1990s Philippine Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Hardwood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Paper
1950s Unknown Anglo-Indian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Giltwood
19th Century Unknown Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
2010s Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1930s Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Mid-19th Century Portuguese Other Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rosewood
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
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.