Antique Room Dividers And Screens
Antique 19th Century French Rococo Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Giltwood
Vintage 1940s American Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
Antique Mid-19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century American Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Oak
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Screens and Room Divi...
Wood
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
Early 20th Century European Renaissance Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Hardwood
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Screens and Room Dividers
Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Paint
Antique 19th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 1880s Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
Antique 19th Century Thai Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century High Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
Antique 1850s French Screens and Room Dividers
Antique Early 19th Century British Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Antique Mid-19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Early 19th Century British Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century British Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Giltwood
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Bentwood
Antique Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century British Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
Antique Late 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Antique 19th Century European Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Faux Leather
Antique Late 19th Century British Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Antique 19th Century Louis XIV Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood
Antique Mid-19th Century English Screens and Room Dividers
Early 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique 1870s French Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Giltwood
Antique Mid-19th Century British Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique 19th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Stone
Antique 1820s Great Britain (UK) Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Rosewood
Antique Mid-19th Century British Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Walnut
Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Pine, Paint
Early 20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Antique 19th Century Guatemalan Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
Antique 1890s Italian Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Silk
20th Century British Other Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage 1940s American Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
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Antique Room Dividers And Screens 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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