Screens and Room Dividers
Early 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut, Spruce
Mid-19th Century French Beaux Arts Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1890s Chinese Export Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
1970s Belgian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Concrete, Steel
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut, Teak
Early 20th Century French Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
20th Century Unknown Baroque Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Bentwood
1830s English William IV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Brazilian Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1890s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Steel, Iron
19th Century European Louis XV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wool, Satin, Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
1990s American Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Late 19th Century Danish Rococo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint, Leather
1830s French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Mirror, Wood
1780s French Country Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Steel, Iron
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan, Oak
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
1950s French Brutalist Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
2010s French Screens and Room Dividers
Paint, Paper, Wood, Fabric
Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century Chinese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany, Bone, Satinwood
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Early 20th Century Asian Qing Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Reed
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
2010s Guatemalan Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Mahogany
1960s European Organic Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Hardwood
20th Century Unknown Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
1940s Italian Other Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood
20th Century British Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Swedish Rustic Screens and Room Dividers
Rope
1660s Hong Kong Chinese Export Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
1970s Unknown Organic Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
20th Century European Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Soapstone, Brass
1970s Indian Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Giltwood
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
19th Century Moorish Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Upholstery, Teak
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper, Paint
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.





