Panel Screens
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Giltwood, Mirror
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Giltwood
Early 20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Damask
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Antique Late 17th Century Belgian Baroque Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry
2010s French Paintings and Screens
Paint, Paper, Fabric, Wood
Vintage 1970s Unknown Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Softwood
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Walnut
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Vintage 1970s American Screens and Room Dividers
Silver
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1930s French Industrial Screens and Room Dividers
Art Glass, Stained Glass
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Silk, Wood, Paint
20th Century Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Mid-20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Walnut
Antique Early 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Wood
Antique 1890s Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood, Paper
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Silk
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood, Paper
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Antique Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Vintage 1940s American Screens and Room Dividers
Birch
Antique 1890s Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze, Ormolu
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Ebony, Plastic, Teak
Mid-20th Century Thai Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Antique Late 19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Furniture
Hardwood
Antique 18th Century German Baroque Paintings
Canvas, Paint
20th Century American Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Wrought Iron
Antique 19th Century German Belle Époque Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Upholstery, Giltwood, Paint
Early 20th Century Asian Qing Paintings and Screens
Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1970s American Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Oak
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Giltwood
Antique Early 1900s French Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Upholstery, Mirror, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Hardwood
20th Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century Unknown Anglo-Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Stone
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
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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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