Antique Victorian Folding Screen
19th Century English Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Upholstery, Walnut
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Bamboo
Early 20th Century Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Brass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Leather, Oak
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Wood, Textile, Mahogany
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Mahogany, Satinwood
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Leather, Oak
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Wood
19th Century Belgian Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Hardwood, Walnut
1860s British Late Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Tapestry, Wood
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19th Century English Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Early 19th Century French Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Brass
Late 19th Century British Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Fabric, Rosewood
19th Century Great Britain (UK) Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Silk
19th Century British Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Leather, Mahogany
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Silk, Walnut
Early 1900s Japanese Late Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Canvas
Late 19th Century English Adam Style Antique Victorian Folding Screen
1880s Adam Style Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Brass
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Hardwood, Paper
1880s English Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Leather, Wood, Paper
19th Century French Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Giltwood
19th Century European Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Leather, Faux Leather
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Fabric, Glass, Wood
19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Hardwood
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Brass
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Leather, Pine, Paint
19th Century Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Wood
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Mahogany
19th Century French Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Brass
Late 19th Century Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Hardwood, Paper
19th Century English Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Wood
Mid-19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Oak
19th Century British Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Canvas
1880s Italian High Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
19th Century Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Brass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Hardwood
1870s English Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Mahogany
1880s Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
1880s Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Walnut
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Mahogany
19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Antique Victorian Folding Screen
19th Century Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Leather
19th Century Chinese Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Mahogany
19th Century Antique Victorian Folding Screen
1860s English Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Leather, Canvas
19th Century English Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Glass
Early 1900s English Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Leather
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Marble
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Earthenware
Early 20th Century French Hollywood Regency Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Crystal, Bronze
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Brass
1890s English Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Metal, Brass
2010s French Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Iron
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Ormolu
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Brass
1860s British High Victorian Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Marble
1970s European Post-Modern Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Alabaster, Marble
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Bronze
18th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Mirror, Wood
1940s French Art Deco Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Oak
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Victorian Folding Screen
Wood
Antique Victorian Folding Screen 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.











