Panel Screens
Mid-20th Century Chinese Romantic Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Vintage 1950s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
20th Century European Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Paint
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Fiberglass
Antique 19th Century Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Glass
Late 20th Century French Brutalist Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
2010s German Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut, Wool
Vintage 1950s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Giltwood
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Antique Mid-19th Century British Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique 1830s French Louis Philippe Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Antique 1890s French Belle Époque Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Canvas, Paint
Vintage 1980s Thai Japonisme Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Antique Early 19th Century British Screens and Room Dividers
Rosewood
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Mid-20th Century French Classical Greek Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Vintage 1980s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1970s American Folk Art Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Late 20th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
20th Century French French Provincial Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Burlap, Wood
Mid-20th Century French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Resin, Acrylic, Paint
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Elm, Paper
Late 20th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Cotton, Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plastic, Beech
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Screens and Room Dividers
Elm
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Vintage 1980s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Scandinavian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Oak
Vintage 1930s Argentine Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Zinc, Copper, Brass
20th Century North American Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Paper
Vintage 1970s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Bentwood
20th Century European Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
20th Century British Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Vintage 1920s French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Velvet, Fabric, Walnut
Antique 19th Century Belgian Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Walnut
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Antique 19th Century Rococo Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Stained Glass
Vintage 1940s Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1980s Chinese Tribal Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Murano Glass, Wood, Lacquer
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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.
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