Metal Folding Screen Room Divider
Vintage 1980s Asian Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Brutalist Screens and Room Dividers
Cut Steel
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Vintage 1950s French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Pine
Vintage 1950s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Vintage 1970s Belgian Space Age Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Vintage 1930s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Bone, Hardwood, Lacquer
Antique 1870s Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Gold Leaf
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Gold Leaf
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Architectural Elements
Metal, Gold Leaf
Late 20th Century British Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Metal
Vintage 1960s American Brutalist Architectural Elements
Wood
Vintage 1920s French Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Mid-20th Century Unknown Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
Vintage 1970s American Brutalist Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 2000s American Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 20th Century Scandinavian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Vintage 1930s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
20th Century American Rustic Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Vintage 1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
20th Century Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Wood, Lacquer
Antique Early 1900s French Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Gold Leaf
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass, Wrought Iron
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Planters and Jardinieres
Metal
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metallic Thread
Early 20th Century Unknown Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage 1960s Unknown Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Vintage 1980s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Antique Late 19th Century Thai Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Vintage 1970s American Modern Doors and Gates
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 20th Century Belgian Aesthetic Movement Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Glass
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings and Screens
Gesso
Early 2000s Italian Bauhaus Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
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Metal Folding Screen Room Divider 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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