Painted Screens
Vintage 1940s French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Canvas
2010s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Vintage 1950s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
2010s French Paintings and Screens
Paint
2010s French Paintings and Screens
Paint
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens
Fabric, Silk, Wood, Paint, Paper
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Screens and Room Dividers
Elm
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Silk
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Wood
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century European Dutch Colonial Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Paper
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings and Screens
Leather
20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Silk
Early 20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Velvet, Paint
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Japanese Paintings and Screens
Wood, Paper, Lacquer, Paint
Antique 19th Century Unknown Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Paintings and Screens
Paper, Wood
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Paper, Wood
Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Paper, Wood
Vintage 1970s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Early 20th Century European Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Baroque Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique 1750s Japanese Paintings and Screens
Gold Leaf
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Paper
Antique 19th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Paint, Wood
Vintage 1960s Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Dutch Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Canvas
Antique 18th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
Antique Early 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Antique 19th Century English Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Vintage 1950s Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Vintage 1960s Unknown Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Ink
Mid-20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Mirror
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Silver Leaf
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage 1910s Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Silk
Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Japanese Paintings and Screens
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Gold Leaf
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Dutch Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Vintage 1940s American Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 1840s French Régence Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Antique Early 18th Century Dutch Baroque Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
20th Century 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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