Painted Screens
Vintage 1970s North American Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Lucite, Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Polish Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1990s American Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Paint
Vintage 1920s Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
2010s Polish Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Polish Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Antique 19th Century French Country Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Mid-18th Century German Rococo Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Wood, Paper, Paint
Antique 19th Century French Grand Tour Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Vintage 1950s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Paint, Giltwood
Vintage 1980s North American Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Wood, Paint, Paper
20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage 1970s Unknown Rustic Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Vintage 1960s European Belle Époque Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Vintage 1920s Mongolian Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Hardwood
Antique Early 19th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Vintage 1940s Argentine Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Glass, Wood
Antique 18th Century European Baroque Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Gold Leaf
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Vintage 1950s Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Fabric, Wood, Paint
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Glass, Hardwood
Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens
Fabric, Wood, Paper
20th Century European Paintings and Screens
Wood, Silk
Antique 19th Century European Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
2010s French Paintings and Screens
Paint, Paper, Wood, Fabric
2010s French Paintings and Screens
Paint, Paper, Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Vintage 1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood, Paper
Antique Mid-19th Century Portuguese Other Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Tin
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Vintage 1970s Mexican Folk Art Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1950s American Paintings and Screens
Paint
Vintage 1930s French Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Bog Wood
Vintage 1970s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Country Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Antique 19th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Beaux Arts Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique 19th Century German Vienna Secession Screens and Room Dividers
Copper, Tôle
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Screens and Room Dividers
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Silk, Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Porcelain, Hardwood
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Screens and Room Dividers
Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Screens and Room Dividers
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Finding the Right Screens and Room Dividers for You
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.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Japanese screen painting is the art of creating byōbu, or Japanese screens. Byōbu vary in subject matter and style. The screens are free-standing, portable and decorated with symbolic images or calligraphy. It is common to find byōbu in pairs with at least two panels. Shop a selection of byōbu on 1stDibs.
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