4 Panel Room Dividers Hand Painted
Antique 1870s French Empire Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Vintage 1980s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1990s Philippine Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Hardwood
Vintage 1980s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1980s Chinese Tribal Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1940s American Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Silver Leaf
Antique 1890s English Late Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1920s Mongolian Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Hardwood
Antique 19th Century European Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Vintage 1950s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Gold Leaf
Antique Mid-18th Century German Rococo Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Ebony, Plastic, Teak
Vintage 1970s Unknown Rustic Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Antique Late 19th Century English Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Canvas, Wood
Vintage 1930s Mexican Rancho Monterey Screens and Room Dividers
Foil, Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Antique 1890s French Belle Époque Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Canvas, Paint
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Vintage 1980s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
4 Panel Room Dividers Hand Painted 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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