Screens and Room Dividers
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary North American Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary European Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Brass
20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1770s English Chippendale Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Travertine
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Italian Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Aluminum, Brass, Nickel
2010s Italian Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
18th Century and Earlier English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mid-20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Mexican Bohemian Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1970s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Resin, Acrylic, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary French Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
1990s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1980s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
1790s English Regency Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood, Paint
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
20th Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Early 20th Century Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s American Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Paint
Early 1900s English Regency Revival Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
19th Century Spanish Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
2010s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Iron
19th Century Unknown Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
1990s British Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Maple
Early 20th Century French Empire Screens and Room Dividers
Ormolu
2010s French Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass
1970s North American Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1990s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Late 20th Century Philippine Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
2010s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Other
2010s Belgian Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
1950s French Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century Italian Other Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Poplar
20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
20th Century European Classical Roman Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Seagrass
19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Velvet
Mid-19th Century English Sheraton Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Gold Leaf
2010s Finnish Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Ash, Cork
Late 19th Century French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Hollywood Regency Screens and Room Dividers
Gold
2010s Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Late 18th Century Italian Country Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
19th Century Art Nouveau Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s French Screens and Room Dividers
Sequins, Fabric
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.





