Panel Screens
Vintage 1930s American Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Antique Mid-19th Century French Beaux Arts Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Silk
Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood, Paint
Antique 19th Century Belgian Biedermeier Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood
2010s Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Oak
Antique 19th Century English George III Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper, Leather
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Wood, Paper
Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Vintage 1910s Italian Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Vintage 1960s Japanese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
20th Century French Aubusson Screens and Room Dividers
Copper
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Paintings
Canvas
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Wood, Paper, Paint
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Architectural Elements
Wrought Iron
20th Century Chinese Qing Lacquer
Stone, Jade, Lapis Lazuli, Soapstone
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Directoire Fireplace Tools and Chimn...
Iron
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Architectural Elements
Wrought Iron
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Architectural Elements
Wrought Iron
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Stone
Antique 19th Century American Fireplaces and Mantels
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mir...
Copper
20th Century Italian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Bamboo, Mirror
Antique Early 19th Century European Gothic Fireplaces and Mantels
Oak, Paint
20th Century American Art Deco Patio and Garden Furniture
Metal
20th Century American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Glass, Maple
Vintage 1920s Scandinavian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany, Maple, Walnut
Vintage 1950s French Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary French Screens and Room Dividers
Rope
Vintage 1950s French Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Vintage 1970s American Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique 1750s Japanese Paintings and Screens
Gold Leaf
Antique Late 19th Century English Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Antique 19th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique 19th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
20th Century Hong Kong Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 19th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Upholstery
Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique 19th Century French Decorative Art
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer, Wood
Vintage 1960s American Panelling
Walnut
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer, Oak
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Panel Screens For Sale on 1stDibs
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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