French Folding Screen
Early 20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage 1970s French Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Oak
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
Vintage 1940s French Regency Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Mirror, Wood
Antique 19th Century French Rococo Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Ebony, Macassar
Early 20th Century Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Cane
Mid-20th Century French Classical Greek Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Antique Late 19th Century French Japonisme Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Giltwood
Vintage 1970s French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Reed
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood, Paint
Antique 19th Century French Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Silk, Wood, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Antique Early 1900s French Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Upholstery, Mirror, Giltwood
20th Century Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Giltwood
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Antique Mid-19th Century French Paintings
Wood, Paint
Vintage 1920s French Panelling
Fabric, Glass, Wood
Antique 19th Century French Panelling
Canvas
Early 20th Century French Arts and Crafts Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Brass
Antique 1820s French Louis Philippe Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
Antique 19th Century French Decorative Art
Wood
Antique 1810s French Regency Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Smoked Glass
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mir...
Copper
Antique Early 19th Century French Country Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Brass, Iron, Wire
Antique 19th Century French Empire Revival Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Ormolu
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1950s French Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Oak
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Vintage 1930s French Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Fabric
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Antique Late 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
Vintage 1950s French Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers
21st Century and Contemporary French Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
Antique 18th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
Early 2000s French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Paper, Wood
20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Maple, Glass
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Mirror
Vintage 1940s French Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage 1960s Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Vintage 1930s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Foam, Hardwood, Paint
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French 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.
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