3 Panel Screen Room Divider
Vintage 1960s French Louis XIII Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
Early 20th Century Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Mahogany
Early 2000s American Rustic Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
Vintage 1970s Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Vintage 1980s American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Art Glass
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century British Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Vintage 1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Classical Greek Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Hardwood
20th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Canvas, Paint
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
Vintage 1970s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Giltwood
Vintage 1950s Unknown Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1950s Italian Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1960s Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Indian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
Vintage 1950s Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens
Silver
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
Vintage 1970s North American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
2010s American Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Mid-20th Century Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan, Wood
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood, Paint
Vintage 1960s French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
Vintage 1950s American Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Vintage 1940s Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Vintage 1940s American Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Vintage 1930s American Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Early 2000s Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Late Victorian Paintings and Screens
Silk
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary European Mid-Century Modern Screens and Ro...
Wicker, Cane, Rattan
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century American Rustic Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Rattan
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Rattan
Mid-20th Century Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Wood
2010s German Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Antique 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Textile, Cotton, Paper
2010s Italian Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Antique Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Ebony, Plastic, Teak
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3 Panel Screen Room Divider For Sale on 1stDibs
Finding the Right screens-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.
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