Screens and Room Dividers
1970s Philippine Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
19th Century Adam Style Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
Late 20th Century Spanish Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Mid-20th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
2010s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Metal, Brass
2010s Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Textile, Mirror, Feathers
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1950s Unknown Brutalist Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Marble, Iron, Wrought Iron
2010s Chinese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Other
20th Century Qing Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan, Cane
1970s American American Craftsman Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Silver Leaf
1860s British Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Beech
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1960s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Velvet, Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
20th Century English Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
1970s European Adam Style Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany, Satinwood
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wool, Upholstery, Wood
Late 20th Century American Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1970s French Neoclassical Revival Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Bronze
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Porcelain, Hardwood
Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
21st Century and Contemporary European Screens and Room Dividers
Wicker
19th Century English Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Other
1980s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Screens and Room Dividers
Paper, Fabric, Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s Indonesian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wool, Tapestry, Wood
2010s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century Balinese Other Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
1970s American Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s Brazilian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Jacaranda
19th Century European Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wool, Upholstery, Wood
20th Century English Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany, Glass
1950s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Mid-20th Century European Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
1890s English Late Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Oak, Paper
19th Century Unknown Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-19th Century French Beaux Arts Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Ceramic, Stoneware
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
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.





