Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fir
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone, Brass
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Mirror, Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
1940s Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Lebanese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Stainless Steel, Steel
20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Indonesian Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Rosewood, Reclaimed Wood
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Polish Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
1970s Philippine Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Paint
1960s American Baroque Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Wrought Iron
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Glass
Early 20th Century Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s Chinese Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-19th Century English William IV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
1990s American Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Paint
2010s French Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Murano Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century Anglo-Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Paper
Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 2000s Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
1920s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
1990s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel, Aluminum
19th Century Rococo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1970s Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Chrome
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
20th Century American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1940s Adam Style Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s British Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
1970s American Neoclassical Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1980s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Art Glass
1940s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1980s American Biedermeier Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1890s Belgian Romantic Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
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.