Black Lacquer Room Dividers
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1960s Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Vintage 1980s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1980s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Mahogany
Vintage 1970s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Vintage 1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone
Mid-20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood, Lacquer
Vintage 1980s French Brutalist Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
Vintage 1970s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Silver
Late 20th Century Hong Kong Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Antique Late 19th Century English Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Japanese Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Fiberglass
Vintage 1950s Brutalist Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
20th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wool, Upholstery, Wood
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Gold Leaf
Vintage 1970s Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1970s French Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Vintage 1920s Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Antique 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer, Paint, Wood
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Vintage 1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Resin, Fiberglass, Wood
Vintage 1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Vintage 1970s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s French Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
Antique 19th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
2010s Italian Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer, Oak
2010s Italian Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer, Oak
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wool, Upholstery, Wood
2010s Italian Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Lacquer
Antique Early 19th Century English Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
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Black Lacquer Room Dividers 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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