Nailhead Screen
Early 2000s Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Damask
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Decorative Art
Wood
Vintage 1950s French Painted Furniture
Upholstery, Wood
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Upholstery, Beech
People Also Browsed
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
2010s American Flush Mount
Brass
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass, Bronze, Enamel, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sofas
Velvet, Walnut
2010s French Modern Chairs
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Textile, Wood
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s American Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Textile
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Sycamore
Antique Mid-19th Century English Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Vintage 1920s French Louis XV Beds and Bed Frames
Upholstery, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Antique Mid-18th Century German Rococo Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
2010s Belgian Modern Sofas
Linen
Recent Sales
20th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Belgian Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
Antique Late 19th Century English Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
20th Century Dutch Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century European Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Velvet
Mid-20th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
21st Century and Contemporary American Decorative Art
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Upholstery
1990s American Screens and Room Dividers
Antique Mid-19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Velvet
2010s American Screens and Room Dividers
Linen
Vintage 1940s French Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century Spanish Renaissance Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
20th Century Spanish Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
Early 20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric
Antique 19th Century Spanish Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Linen
Antique 1880s French Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Mid-20th Century French Provincial Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1960s American Screens and Room Dividers
Antique Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Early 20th Century Spanish Screens and Room Dividers
Early 20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Paint, Leather, Wood
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Velvet, Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Upholstery
Early 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique 19th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood
Antique 19th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Vermeil, Silver
Antique 19th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Early 20th Century European Renaissance Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Hardwood
1990s Screens and Room Dividers
Late 20th Century American American Classical Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
Late 20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Brass
20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Renaissance Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Early 20th Century Ming Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 2000s American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Linen
Antique Early 1900s Spanish Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Fabric
Antique Mid-18th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Garden Ornaments
Canvas
Vintage 1920s American American Craftsman Desks
Stone, Brass, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary British Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Leather
20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary British Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Raffia
Antique 19th Century English Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage 1920s Spanish Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Early 20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Vintage 1930s Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Fabric, PVC
Vintage 1960s Argentine Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 20th Century English Screens and Room Dividers
Velvet, Wood
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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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