Screens and Room Dividers
1940s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Oak
1950s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Late 20th Century American Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Late 20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
1880s French Japonisme Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood, Walnut
Late 20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary French Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1950s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plexiglass, Beech
1970s Belgian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Concrete, Steel
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Marble, Gold Leaf
Mid-19th Century Portuguese Other Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
2010s Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Ash, Plywood, Canvas
Mid-19th Century African Moorish Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bone, Wood
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Beech, Bentwood
1950s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Oak
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
1950s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Chestnut
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Screens and Room Dividers
Textile, Wood, Lacquer
Early 20th Century Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Mahogany
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Silk
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
19th Century American Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Canvas, Wood
1930s Mexican Folk Art Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 2000s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1910s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Oak
1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Canvas, Wood
Mid-20th Century Space Age Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century European Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
Early 19th Century English Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Rosewood
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wool, Giltwood
1910s Edwardian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Satinwood
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1930s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
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.