Antique Chinese Room Dividers
18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Chinese Room Dividers
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Room Dividers
Metal
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Room Dividers
Wood
depicting palace scene on front and different outdoors scenes on the reverse has great mellow worn and weathered look each panel ...
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Room Dividers
Lacquer
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Room Dividers
18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Chinese Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Room Dividers
Lacquer
1890s Chinese Antique Chinese Room Dividers
Silk
Ink and silver leaf on paper. Set in ebonized wooden frame.
Taisho Period (1912-26),
Circa 1920s
Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Room Dividers
Ink
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Room Dividers
18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Chinese Room Dividers
18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Chinese Room Dividers
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Room Dividers
Soapstone
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Room Dividers
Elm
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Room Dividers
Faux Bamboo, Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Chinese Room Dividers
Bamboo, Leather
18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Chinese Room Dividers
Late 19th Century Chinese Art Deco Antique Chinese Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Room Dividers
Wood
1760s English Chinese Chippendale Antique Chinese Room Dividers
Mahogany, Paper
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Room Dividers
Wood
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Chinese Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Unknown Antique Chinese Room Dividers
Lacquer, Wood
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Room Dividers
Porcelain, Wood
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Room Dividers
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.
- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 21, 2023Chinese room dividers are also called pingfengs. The term pingfeng in traditional Chinese literally means “wind blocker” or “wind wall.” Some people also refer to these room dividers as folding screens because they consist of hinged panels that allow them to fold up when not in use. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of folding screens from some of the world's top dealers.
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