Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
Early 2000s Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
19th Century Rococo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
20th Century American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
1970s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany, Glass
2010s Danish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Late 20th Century European Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
1940s Adam Style Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Early 1900s German Late Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Pine
Mid-19th Century English William IV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
1970s American Neoclassical Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1990s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel, Aluminum
1890s Belgian Romantic Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker, Walnut, Hardwood, Wood, Rattan
Late 20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Other Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze, Brass
19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Giltwood, Lacquer
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1940s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
1970s North American Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
2010s French Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Mid-20th Century Anglo-Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Paper
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Wicker
2010s British Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
Early 2000s Italian Romantic Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
19th Century Belgian Biedermeier Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood
2010s Polish Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1930s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Chrome
1890s Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Paint
Late 20th Century Philippine Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Textile, Mahogany
1970s Indian Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Giltwood
19th Century English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1980s American Biedermeier Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 20th Century American Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 19th Century English Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Rosewood
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.