Antique Wood Room Dividers
18th Century French Country Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
19th Century American Victorian Antique Wood Room Dividers
Leather, Canvas, Wood
18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
1920s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Medieval Antique Wood Room Dividers
Stained Glass, Wood
19th Century Belgian Biedermeier Antique Wood Room Dividers
Glass, Wood
Early 19th Century British Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
Early 19th Century British Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Wood Room Dividers
Glass, Wood, Canvas
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Paper
Early 19th Century British Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
Early 19th Century British Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Wood Room Dividers
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Wood Room Dividers
Tapestry, Wood, Giltwood
19th Century French Grand Tour Antique Wood Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
19th Century European Antique Wood Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Wood Room Dividers
Textile, Wood, Lacquer
1910s American Arts and Crafts Antique Wood Room Dividers
Metal
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Wood Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
Early 17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
1920s Japanese Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Wood Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
19th Century Unknown Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
19th Century French Country Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Mid-19th Century French Beaux Arts Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Wood Room Dividers
Silk, Wood
1910s Japanese Antique Wood Room Dividers
Brass
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood, Mahogany, Paint
Early 20th Century French Antique Wood Room Dividers
Metal
19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Wood Room Dividers
Canvas, Silk, Wood, Giltwood
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Wood Room Dividers
Brass
Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood, Canvas
19th Century French Romantic Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Wood Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Wood Room Dividers
Satin, Wood
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Wood Room Dividers
Canvas, Silk, Wood, Paint
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood, Textile, Mahogany
18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Wood Room Dividers
Lacquer, Paint, Wood
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wool, Tapestry, Wood
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Wood Room Dividers
Fabric, Glass, Wood
Early 1900s English Regency Revival Antique Wood Room Dividers
Metal
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Wood Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Wood Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood, Mother-of-Pearl
Mid-19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood, Hardwood
Late 19th Century French Regency Antique Wood Room Dividers
Fabric, Giltwood, Mahogany, Wood, Textile
19th Century British Chinese Chippendale Antique Wood Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Early 19th Century European Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood, Hardwood, Paint
1830s French Louis Philippe Antique Wood Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood, Birch, Burl
19th Century Japanese Antique Wood Room Dividers
Wood, Cedar
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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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