Vintage Room Divider Screen
Late 20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Vintage Room Divider Screen
Bamboo
1940s Chinese Art Deco Vintage Room Divider Screen
Hardwood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Room Divider Screen
Brass
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood
Late 20th Century Medieval Vintage Room Divider Screen
Oak, Paint
1980s Chinese Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood
Mid-20th Century Asian Colonial Revival Vintage Room Divider Screen
Teak
Mid-20th Century Asian Colonial Revival Vintage Room Divider Screen
Teak
1950s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood
20th Century English Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Teak
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood
Mid-20th Century Indian Spanish Colonial Vintage Room Divider Screen
Brass
Mid-20th Century Central American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood
20th Century American Neoclassical Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Room Divider Screen
Stone
Mid-20th Century Philippine Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood, Parchment Paper
1970s Italian Vintage Room Divider Screen
Mid-20th Century Chinese Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood
1960s Vintage Room Divider Screen
Steel
1980s Japanese Chinoiserie Vintage Room Divider Screen
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Teak
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Fabric, Teak
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Mahogany
20th Century Hollywood Regency Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood, Paint
1990s American Chinoiserie Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood, Paper
20th Century Chinoiserie Vintage Room Divider Screen
Pottery, Hardwood
20th Century French Medieval Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Room Divider Screen
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Pine
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Pine
1950s American Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood, Plywood
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Bamboo, Cane, Wicker, Rattan
Mid-20th Century Japanese Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Bamboo, Rattan
Late 20th Century Vintage Room Divider Screen
Hardwood, Paint
20th Century English High Victorian Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood
1940s Japanese Art Deco Vintage Room Divider Screen
Mahogany
1950s German Bauhaus Vintage Room Divider Screen
Chrome
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Mirror
20th Century American Bohemian Vintage Room Divider Screen
Bamboo, Wood
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Mirror, Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Vintage Room Divider Screen
Silk, Hardwood, Paper
20th Century American Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood
1960s Vintage Room Divider Screen
1950s Vintage Room Divider Screen
Cane, Maple
1960s Unknown Vintage Room Divider Screen
Bamboo
20th Century Chinoiserie Vintage Room Divider Screen
1940s European Art Deco Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood
1970s Brutalist Vintage Room Divider Screen
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Bamboo, Rattan
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Teak
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Late 20th Century Finnish Modern Vintage Room Divider Screen
Wood, Birch
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Vintage Room Divider Screen For Sale on 1stDibs
Finding the Right Screens-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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