Screens and Room Dividers
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Minimalist Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century Italian Other Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1990s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Italian Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
1890s Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Art Glass
19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Plaster
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
1840s Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
19th Century American Antique Screens and Room Dividers
19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
1950s French Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
20th Century American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Bronze, Steel
Early 20th Century Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Art Glass, Wood, Paint
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary English Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Dominican Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Hemp, Wood
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Mahogany
Early 2000s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
19th Century Belgian Biedermeier Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood
1830s French Louis Philippe Antique Screens and Room Dividers
19th Century Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
19th Century Japanese Antique Screens and Room Dividers
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum, Foil, Iron
Early 19th Century Indian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Straw
19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
Late 20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Gold, Brass
1980s American Industrial Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plexiglass
19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Wood
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1980s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Screens and Room Dividers
1930s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
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.





