Screens and Room Dividers
1890s French International Style Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Plastic, Beech
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
2010s Polish Organic Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s European Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Formica, Wood
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Ironstone
1950s Italian Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
2010s Chinese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Other
2010s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Iron
2010s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Iron
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
19th Century Italian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary North American Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
1850s French Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Upholstery
2010s Mexican Anglo-Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary South Korean Screens and Room Dividers
Foam
1840s English Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
2010s Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Oak
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood
1970s European Organic Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Steel, Cut Steel
Early 1900s European Edwardian Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Oak
1870s English Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Beads
21st Century and Contemporary South Korean Screens and Room Dividers
Foam
2010s Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1850s European Napoleon III Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Faux Bamboo
Early 1900s French Organic Modern Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Silk
2010s Portuguese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary South Korean Screens and Room Dividers
Foam
2010s Italian Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Other
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1840s Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
19th Century French Country Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
18th Century and Earlier British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Mid-20th Century German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s American Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Straw
2010s North American Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze, Stainless Steel
2010s American Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
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.





