Antique Wood Room Dividers
19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Wood Room Dividers
Fabric, Damask, Wood
19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Wood Room Dividers
Metal
1910s Arts and Crafts Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
Late 18th Century French Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
1920s French Art Deco Antique Wood Room Dividers
Bronze
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
Early 1900s Italian Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Wood Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century French Grand Tour Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
1920s French Modern Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
Early 1900s Czech Mid-Century Modern Antique Wood Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
19th Century Chinese Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
Late 19th Century French Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood, Fabric
Mid-19th Century Danish Rococo Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Canvas
1890s French Antique Wood Room Dividers
Silk, Wood
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Wood Room Dividers
Glass, Art Glass, Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Wood Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood, Bog Wood
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Wood Room Dividers
Brass
Late 19th Century French Antique Wood Room Dividers
Tapestry, Wood
1840s Chinese Qing Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
1920s Hong Kong Chinese Export Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Wood Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Early 20th Century Indian Antique Wood Room Dividers
Brass
Early 19th Century Indian Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Wood Room Dividers
Silk, Wood, Paper
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Asian Arts and Crafts Antique Wood Room Dividers
Palmwood, Reclaimed Wood
19th Century Rococo Antique Wood Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Wood Room Dividers
Metal
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Wood Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Wood Room Dividers
Bronze, Ormolu
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Wood Room Dividers
Brass
19th Century English Antique Wood Room Dividers
Metal
Late 19th Century French Antique Wood Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
19th Century French Folk Art Antique Wood Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
19th Century Victorian Antique Wood Room Dividers
Metal
Early 20th Century Victorian Antique Wood Room Dividers
Paper, Wood
1920s American Art Deco Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
Early 19th Century Empire Antique Wood Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Mid-19th Century African Moorish Antique Wood Room Dividers
Bone, Wood
Mid-19th Century British Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century Folk Art Antique Wood Room Dividers
Brass
1870s English Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood, Beads
1920s Asian Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
Early 19th Century English Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
18th Century European Baroque Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century Italian Antique Wood 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.
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