Chinese Room Dividers and Screens
20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
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Antique 1890s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Stone
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Vintage 1950s Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
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20th Century Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass
Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass, Silver Leaf
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Soapstone, Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Soapstone, Brass
20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer, Paint, Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Elm, Pine
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Chippendale Screens and Room Dividers
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Soapstone, Brass
Antique Early 17th Century Chinese Ming Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique 19th Century British Chinese Chippendale Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass, Gold Leaf
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
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Vintage 1940s Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Stone
Vintage 1980s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
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Vintage 1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Antique 19th Century Chinese Ming Paintings and Screens
Wood
Vintage 1980s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Elm, Paint
Vintage 1970s Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage 1920s Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Brass, Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Shelves
Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Doors and Gates
Brass
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Elm
Antique 19th Century Chinese Ming Paintings and Screens
Wood
Antique 19th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
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Finding the Right Screens And Room Dividers for You
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.
- What do you call a room divider?1 AnswerLotus GallerySeptember 23, 2020
Room dividers can also be referred to as screens or panels.
- PAGODA REDOctober 7, 2020
Lightweight Japanese paper lattice screens known as shōji are a versatile way to define a living space and block drafts. Painted folding screens known as byōbu are also used as decorative elements, often featuring landscapes, animals, and flowering plants. Chinese folding screens were traditionally comprised of monumental hinged panels, intricately carved and decorated with panoramic landscapes or stone inlay.
- Lotus GallerySeptember 23, 2020
For standing room dividers, make sure you set them up in an accordion or or zig zag fold pattern to keep them from falling down.
- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 21, 2023Chinese room dividers are also called pingfengs. The term pingfeng in traditional Chinese literally means “wind blocker” or “wind wall.” Some people also refer to these room dividers as folding screens because they consist of hinged panels that allow them to fold up when not in use. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of folding screens from some of the world's top dealers.
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