Painted Screens
21st Century and Contemporary American Hollywood Regency Screens and Roo...
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Vintage 1930s Italian Decorative Art
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Unknown Decorative Art
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Wallpaper
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Minimalist Wall-mounted Sculptures
Wood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Wood
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Antique 19th Century French Decorative Art
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Plaster, Wood, Paint
Vintage 1950s French Screens and Room Dividers
Masonite, Wood
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Asian Paintings and Screens
Fabric, Wood
Vintage 1930s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Lacquer
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Early 2000s Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
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Gold Leaf
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Foil
Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Paint
20th Century Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 18th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Antique Early 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Paint
Antique Late 19th Century European Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
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Wood
Antique Late 19th Century German Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Antique 19th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1980s American Screens and Room Dividers
Paint, Paper, Wood
Antique Early 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
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Antique 19th Century Asian Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
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Mid-20th Century French Paintings and Screens
Soapstone
20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Brass
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Paper, Wood
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Antique 19th Century Italian Romantic Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Silver Leaf
Early 20th Century European Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Vintage 1940s American Screens and Room Dividers
Silver Leaf
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Canvas
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Paper
Antique 19th Century English Renaissance Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Iron
Early 20th Century American Paintings
Vintage 1950s Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage 1950s Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Silk
Mid-20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Early 20th Century French Directoire Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 1870s Screens and Room Dividers
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Finding the Right Screens And 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.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Japanese screen painting is the art of creating byōbu, or Japanese screens. Byōbu vary in subject matter and style. The screens are free-standing, portable and decorated with symbolic images or calligraphy. It is common to find byōbu in pairs with at least two panels. Shop a selection of byōbu on 1stDibs.
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