Screens and Room Dividers
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Jacquard
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
1980s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood, Canvas
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1940s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1890s French Neoclassical Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
20th Century Chinese Palladian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Mother-of-Pearl
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Chinese Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
1960s Japanese Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
1950s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Silver Leaf
Early 19th Century English Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
20th Century European Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Chinese Renaissance Screens and Room Dividers
Gesso, Wood
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Early 1900s German Folk Art Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood, Paper
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Leather
Mid-19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Italian Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Leather, Mirror
Mid-19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Hardwood
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Glass, Wood
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Argentine Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
20th Century Southeast Asian Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Early 18th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
Early 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s American Screens and Room Dividers
Plastic, Walnut
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century European Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 2000s Italian Romantic Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
Early 20th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary British Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Argentine Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Beech, Bentwood
1990s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Steel
Late 19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Kingwood, Mahogany
2010s Canadian Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Fir
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Elm
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Jacquard, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
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.





