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Screens and Room Dividers For Sale
Rare Hand-Forged Wrought Iron Firescreen with Stylized Spreading-Wing Bird Motif
Located in Lisse, NL
This unique wrought-iron firescreen immediately stands out for its artisanal character and the richness of its details. The piece is entirely handmade and carries a warm, rust-brown ...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal, Wrought Iron, Wire
18th Century Hand-Painted Venetian Style Gold-Leaf Moro Screen with Chinoiserie
By Porte Italia
Located in Ronchi dei Legionari, IT
From our Hand-Painted Furniture Collection, we are pleased to introduce you to our Moro Screen.
Nature has always been a source of inspiration for our hand-decorated furnishings. We...
Category
2010s Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Antique Chinoiserie Leather Screen
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century painted leather Chinese screen with gilt details.
Measurements:
Height: 5 ft. 10"
Width: 6 ft. 2"
Category
19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Space Poetry Pink Room divider
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Space Poetry is a collection of sculptural objects in which Kiki van Eijk researches the relationship between space and architecture. Her findings are translating into a series of pi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Other
$8,171 / item
Coromandel Screen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Amazing metalic screen.
Category
1970s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
$5,500
Pair of Art Nouveau Embossed Painted Leather Panel Screens
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Extraordinary pair of massive art nouveau leather inset panel screens featuring flora and fauna embossed and painted designs. The leather panels ar...
Category
20th Century American Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Leather, Wood
$3,360 Sale Price / item
30% Off
Hand-Painted Four Panel Table Top Koi Screen
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A softly painted four panel table top screen. The wood frame has chased and shaped metal tabs at the top and bottom corners and with brass nail heads overall. With pale pattered fabr...
Category
20th Century Asian Edo Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Paper, Fabric
Late 20th Century Mario Lopez Torres Elephant Palm Tree Three Panel Screen
Located in North Fort Myers, FL
Exquisite Mario Lopez Torres Elephant Palm Tree three panel screen divider and or Wall hanging in amazing used condition.
Free standing three panel screen in an intricate handmade d...
Category
1990s Mexican Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Three Panel Faux Bronze Finish Screen or Room Divider, 1970s
Located in Miami, FL
Faux patinated bronze finished metal three panel screen or room divider.
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Export Six Panel Cloisonné Soapstone Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming Chinese export six-panel lacquer coromandel screen featuring a blue and white cloisonné style border decorated with scholars objects,...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Soapstone, Brass
Rattan Bamboo Room Divider Screen Paravant Italy, circa 1965
Located in Vienna, AT
Rattan bamboo room divider screen Paravant Italy, circa 1965
Ornamental handmade screen from 3 panels made from bent bamboo and rattan pieces held together with brass hinges. In the grand picture they are form a beautiful large ornament...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
19th Century Carved Upholstered Dressing Screen
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
19th Century Carved Upholstered Dressing Screen
This is a lovely 3 fold screen, the screen is an unusual design with graduated shaped glass panels rising in height, the lower parts ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Mahogany
Set of Three Chinese Quadrilobe Lattice Courtyard Panels, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
The sweeping elegance of these 19th-century courtyard doors, with their intricate lattice panels, hides the mathematical brilliance required to create them. The wax-finished, knotty ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Fir
A POST-MODERN MURANO Glass SCREEN, by LUDOVICO DIAZ DE SANTILLANA, Italy 1980
Located in PARIS, FR
An outstanding, radical, monumental screen with 4 panels in thick black lacquered wood, with 4 exceptional massive turquoise Venini glasses, displaye...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Murano Glass, Wood, Lacquer
20th Century Arts
Crafts Folding Screen
Hand Painted Decoration Room Divider
Located in Miami, FL
Unique and highly decorative, work of art folding screen.
Some will call this amazing and practical size folding screen Arts & Crafts and some will call it Classical Art Nouveau. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Walnut, Paint
$1,520 Sale Price
20% Off
19th century carved oak black forest fire screen
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century carved oak black forest fire screen circa 1880.
Beautifully carved example of black forest woodwork. Typical foliage and scrolling carved branches surmounted by a carv...
Category
Late 19th Century German Black Forest Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Tapestry, Oak
Antique Indonesian 4 Panel Carved Painted and Giltwood Screen or Room Divider
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Antique Indonesian Four Panel Screen converted to wall art. Each panel with hand carved designs depicting mythical figures. Carved panels accented with gilt and painted highlights.
E...
Category
Early 1900s Indonesian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Mid-Century Indian Fretwork Screen with Hand-Painted Details and Bold Colors
Located in Yonkers, NY
An Indian fretwork four-panel screen from the mid 20th century with polychrome décor. This Indian fretwork screen, crafted from finely carved hardwood, is a vibrant celebration of tr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Lacquered Wood "Palloni" Folding Screen by Piero Fornasetti
Located in Montreal, QC
Lithographical Transfert on Lacquered Wood "Palloni" Folding Screen by Piero Fornasetti Designed 1954 Marked to bottom corner: Fornasetti / Milano / Made in Italy; further inscribed:...
Category
2010s French Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Antique Gothic Fire Screen w. Handpainted Earth Angle, Saints and Carved Knights
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning firescreen with a famous earth angle, two famous saint paintings and more.
With meaningful 'religious art' from centuries-past being one of our specialities we were amazed, not only to find this rare and marvelous fire screen, but also because of its excellent condition. But then again, we think we see that more often, because true beauty, quality and meaningful antiques radiate something that was already there when it was created. This 'something' commands respect and this is why most people take very good care of very special pieces. Since much of what we know now about Christianity and about monastic life in its various 'forms' was given shape since the life of Christ, but possibly mostly so in Gothic / Medieval times, much of this is expressed in European Gothic Art of the past circa 8 centuries. This rare and beautiful fire screen from the early 1800s, which can also be used as a small room divider or a unique work of (decorative) art, is one of those unique Gothic antiques. The hand-carved knight sculptures are 'fun' and meaningful at the same time, because one of them looks a little desperate and the other looks more at piece and in prayer. The hand-carved winged angel in the middle/ on top seems to be overlooking this 'Gesamtkunstwerk'. What makes this antique really stand out and what also makes it complete are the three hand-painted panels inside this screen. Each of the figures portrayed here have dedicated their lifes to doing good, giving love and hope and thus healing people. In the centre is a glorious painting (in medieval style) of Earth Angel St. Raphael and the boy Tobias. The lady Saint on the right, we feel, is Elizabeth of Hungary (1207-1231) and the Saint on the left, we feel, is either Francis de Sales...
Category
Early 19th Century European Gothic Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Oak, Paint
Large 20th C. Chinese 6 Panel Lacquered Hardstone and Jade Coromandel Screen
Located in New York, NY
A large 20th century Chinese six panel Lacquered Hardstone and Jade Coromandel screen. This screen features intricately carved hardstone, soapstone, jade, lapis, quartz, and other ha...
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Stone, Jade, Lapis Lazuli, Soapstone
20th Century Wood and Iron French Design Screen, 1980
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French screen from the second half of the 20th century. Design furniture with gilded iron base, wooden structure and woven wood panels of beautiful line and pleasant decor. Screen wi...
Category
Late 20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Iron
19th Century Chinese Carved and Inlaid Mahogany Folding Screen
Located in Queens, NY
Nineteenth century Chinese screen comprised of four mahogany panels finely decorated with traditional motifs. The upper portion of each panel consists of fine filigree dragon designs...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Mahogany, Bone, Satinwood
Twiggy Screen
Located in Paris, FR
Screen Twiggy with three panels structure made of with solid wood,
back-side and frames in solid wood, with six hinges in solid brass in
vintage finish. Each panel is covered with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
$49,710 / item
French Empire Mahogany 3-Fold Screen with Bronze Mounts
Located in Miami, FL
French Empire style (19th century) mahogany 3 fold screen with bronze trim.
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Bronze
Giacomo Balla Double Folding Screen For Gavina C.1980
s (Designed in 1917)
By Gavina, Giacomo Balla
Located in London, GB
Double folding screen by Giacomo Balla for Gavina, Italy, c.1980s. Originally designed in 1917, this piece was produced as part of a limited re-edition by Gavina, celebrating early 2...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Three-Panel Contemporary Neoclassical Style Mirrored Screen
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage 3-panel, 12-light double sided neoclassical style screen. A tall and sturdy 8' fruitwood frame with antiqued mirror panes and gilded rope detailing.
Each panel is 26 1/8" ...
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Mirror, Wood
magnificent 4 Panel Screen Painted on Wood Depicting the 4 Saisons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This high quality of decoration 4 panel screen frame with giltwood, painting on wood depicting the 4 season never touch since it was done this four painting are so exquisite, its bri...
Category
1910s French Louis XVI Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Celestial-Inspired Three Panels Bronze
Crystal Screen by Christopher Boots
Located in Geneve, CH
Vanity Screen by Christopher Boots
Unique Piece
Dimensions: D 6 x W 180 x H 170 cm.
Materials: Cast bronze, clear quartz, smoky quartz, lapis lazuli.
Unique piece in a series of 8 l...
Category
2010s Australian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Quartz, Lapis Lazuli, Bronze
Parcel-Gilt and Painted Mirrored Screen
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Four-panel screen with parcel-gilt and painted frames surrounding mirrored inserts. Each panel features a shaped gilt border and carved gilt shell and floral medallions, with the mir...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood, Paint
Antique Fireside Pole Screen, English, Walnut, Tapestry, Adjustable, Regency
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique fireside pole screen. An English, walnut and glass embroidered panel on adjustable riser, dating to the Regency period, circa 1820.
Superb proportion to the ski...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Walnut
French Provincial 17th Century Renaissance Style Leather Panel Screen
Located in Queens, NY
French Provincial Renaissance style (possibly 17th Century) leather mounted 6 panel screen with a gold background and decorated with painted parrots and foliage.
Category
17th Century French Renaissance Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Leather
Evans Clark Glenn of California Folding Bookcase/ Display Shelf/ Room Divider
Located in San Francisco, CA
Evans Clark Glenn of California Folding Bookcase/ Display Shelf/ Room Divider. A rare form and design by a seemingly unknown designer for Glenn of California, visually exciting and i...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Walnut
Vintage Anglo Indian Four Panel Screen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage carved whitewashed four panel Anglo Indian folding screen. Each panel measures 20" by 73". A great accent piece or room divider.
Category
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century French Rollin Gilt 4-Fold Screen
Located in Queens, NY
French 1940s 4 fold gilt wood framed screen with a gilt bronze inset frame over a white moire with a star design. (attributed to LUCIEN ROLLIN)
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Giltwood
Vintage Chinoiserie Style Black Metal Fretwork Fireplace Screen With Crane and F
Located in North Fort Myers, FL
An eye-catching vintage Chinoiserie-style fireplace screen crafted from black painted metal with open fretwork and pagoda-inspired lines. The center features a striking panel of two golden cranes beneath cascading wisteria, surrounded by botanical scenes on a deep maroon background. Elegant from all angles, the rear is solid black, and the piece shows minor paint loss consistent with age and use.
• Vintage metal fireplace...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal
Screen By Jansen ca
1940
s
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Elegant painted screen by Maison Jansen, made in Argentina ca' 1940's in neoclassical style. Each panel is approx. 18.5"wide and 78.75" high. When extended the screen is approx. 5 an...
Category
1940s Argentine Neoclassical Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
$12,500
Very Fine Mid Century Modern Teak 4 Panel Decorative Screen Room Divider MINT
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very Fine Mid Century Modern Carved Teak or Walnut 4 Panel Decorative Screen Room Divider MINT.
Some dark "stains" are the part of the woods natural color/pattern.
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Walnut, Teak
Unusual Art Nouveau Style 3 Panel Decorative Wrought Iron Screen/Divider
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning Art Nouveau style 3 panel iron screen / room divider, Highly decorated, wonderful patina and color pierced iron, lattice, tree motif, Superior qu...
Category
1950s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wrought Iron
Late 18th Century French Hand Painted Screen
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exquisite example of French artistry, this late 18th century hand-painted screen features three hinged panels adorned with charming pastoral and chinoiserie scenes. Each panel is ...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Decorative Finnish Jugend foldable fireplace cover
Located in Turku, Varsinais-Suomi
Add an elegant touch to your fireplace with this decorative Finnish jugend fireplace cover. Hand-crafted with attention to detail, this fireplace cover em...
Category
Early 20th Century European Jugendstil Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal
1950
s Vintage White Turned Wood Room Divider Screen
Located in Opa Locka, FL
1950's Vintage Traditional style White Turned Wood 3 Panel Room Dividing Screen. Found this in a 19thc home.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
$1,736 Sale Price
20% Off
VINTAGE EXOTIC ORIENTAL BIRDS
FLOWERS FOLDING FOUR PANEL PETITE ROOM DIViDER
Located in Pulborough, GB
Antiques of London
A beautiful and decorative vintage four-panel folding room divider, hand-painted with an Oriental design featuring exotic birds, flowering branches, and natur...
Category
20th Century British Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Hardwood
20th C. Art Deco Style Three-Panel Folding Screen in Cobalt Blue and Gilt Tones
Located in Morristown, NJ
Art Deco Style Hand-Painted Three-Panel Folding Screen in Cobalt Blue and Gilt Tones
Description:
A striking hand-painted three-panel folding screen, crafted in bold Art Deco style....
Category
1950s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Paint
Vintage Venetian Scene Four-Panel Folding Screen with Nautical Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage four-panel screen with 18th century Venetian inspired scene. Elevate your interior space with this stunning four-panel folding screen, a tribute to the timeless allure of V...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Galerie Maison et Jardin Four Panel Brass and Silk Fabric Screen, 1970
Located in Paris, IDF
Unique 1970s four-panel screen room divider with solid polished brass structure and profile manufactured by Galerie Maison et Jardin in the early 1970s. The panels have been reupholstered with a wool and silk fabric from Fadini Borghi...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Set of Two Giacomo Balla Paravento Balla Room Dividers by Cassina
By Cassina, Giacomo Balla
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Room divider designed by Giacomo Balla in 1917, relaunched in 2020.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
This wooden screen is based on an original tempera and pencil sketch on paper by artist Giacomo Balla. Today, Cassina revives this brightly coloured accessory to divide and complete the various areas of the house with a real artistic touch.
The Balla Screen consists of three honeycomb panels of different heights and widths joined together by brushed brass double-action hinges specially designed by Cassina, carefully interpreting the original design. The silk-screen printed decoration, on both sides, is available in two versions, with orange background in the colours yellow and green, respecting the shades in the Balla sketch, and with white background in the colours blue and green.
The Balla Screen, part of the Cassina I Maestri...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Paper
Vintage Four-Panel Black Lacquer Folding Screen with Hand-Painted Crane Motif
Located in Yonkers, NY
This striking four-panel folding screen, crafted in mid-20th-century China, marries graphic modernity with timeless decorative motifs. Each panel’s upper edge undulates to create a sculptural, multi-level silhouette, while the deep black lacquer ground provides a dramatic backdrop for the carefully rendered scene. Two graceful cranes—painted in soft whites with red-tipped crowns—stand poised in concentric gold-line ripples, their long legs and outstretched wings rendered in subtly shaded brushwork that conveys both strength and serenity.
Surrounding the birds, abstract reeds and ribbon-like forms sweep across the panels in gradients of teal, lavender, and gold, suggesting stylized waterways and wind-blown foliage. Unobtrusive brass hinges allow the screen to extend into a full, bold arc or collapse flat for easy storage. Measuring approximately 80½″ high by 80½″ wide overall, it is substantial enough to define a seating area, screen an entryway, or serve as a moody focal wall.
Surface wear—including fine lacquer crazing and minor scuffs—speaks to decades of use and imbues the piece with authentic vintage character. Whether displayed in a minimalist loft, an Art Deco–inspired interior, or alongside antique furnishings, this black-lacquer heron screen...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
White Hollywood Regency Boho Chic 4 Panel Folding Screen Floral Embossed Design
Located in Topeka, KS
Stunning Hollywood Regency or boho chic four panel folding screen comprised of off-white painted finished wood, embossed textured floral print design on front panels in gold, and bra...
Category
20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
$1,396 Sale Price
30% Off
The Onyx Screen by Giampiero Tagliaferri
Located in Geneve, CH
The Onyx Screen by Giampiero Tagliaferri
Limited Edition Of 8 Pieces
Dimensions: D 5 x W 175 x H 180 cm.
Materials: White onyx and steel.
Giampiero Taglia...
Category
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Onyx, Steel
$37,731 / item
Vintage Black Lacquered Wooden Paravent, France
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional black lacquered Wooden paravent from Paris, France
Solid screen, heavy quality, hold together with leather joints
5 panels of 45 cm wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Plywood
Mid-Century Three-Panel Room Divider with Bamboo Detailing
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A beautifully crafted three-panel room divider featuring a dark wood frame and translucent panels inset with a bamboo leaf motif. The organic pattern and warm tones evoke a serene, n...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Fiberglass
Brutalist Folding Screen in Oak by French Artisan
Located in Matosinhos, 13
Brutalist Folding Screen in Oak by French Artisan
Category
2010s French Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Oak
Light Tropics
Wood Screen with Multicolor Murano Glass by Hillsideout
Located in Milan, IT
The screen cover “Light tropics” represents a mask which is inspired by a group of indigenous people called the Caduvei. The screen stylizes face painting by using colorful elements ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Chinese Asymmetrical Zitan Wood Collector
s Shelf/Room Divider
Located in Dallas, TX
Unique blending of classical Chinese and Art Deco Étagère/ room divider, first quarter of the 20th century. All handcrafted free standing shelving unit, featuring asymmetrically conf...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Baumann style wooden screen Europe, 20th C.
Located in London, GB
This twentieth-century Art Deco screen strongly recalls the hand of French designer Jomain Baumann. Its pine slats are stained and polished, and the flexibility of the joints – which...
Category
20th Century European Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Large Venier Screen by Sebastian Herkner
Located in Geneve, CH
Large venier screen by Sebastian Herkner
Materials: black powder-coated metal, Hide
Dimensions: W 248 x D 2.5 x H 177.8 cm
Other dimensions available: small: W248 x D2.5 x H141....
Category
2010s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal
$22,243 / item
Marc Bankowsky, Four-Panel Plaster Screen, France, 2008
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary four-panel screen in polyester plaster by Marc Bankowsky.
A designer and decorator for the past 20 years, Marc Bankowsky creates uniquely beautiful furniture and access...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Rope
Antique Art Nouveau Commedia Dell’Arte Painted Paravent/Screen Paris ca 1920
Located in Doha, QA
This spectacular Art Nouveau Era Paravent/Screen is a true eye catcher and one of a kind piece of art full of fantasy and eccentric imagination.
It has been designed and painted in ...
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Linen, Wood, Mahogany
Black and Gold Lacquered Eight-Panel Screen with Monks and Children Scene
Located in Yonkers, NY
This striking eight-panel black and gold Chinese screen showcases a captivating narrative of monks and children set against a dramatic landscape, b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Vintage Screens and Antique Room Dividers on 1stDibs: Japanese Screens, Chinese Screens and Art Deco Screens for Sale
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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