Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Revival Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Wood, Paper
20th Century American Art Deco Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Rattan
1950s Art Deco Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Pine
1940s Japanese Art Deco Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Mahogany
20th Century American Organic Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Brass
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20th Century Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Provincial Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Wood
20th Century Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Fabric, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
20th Century Art Deco Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Maple
Late 20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Soapstone
1930s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Metal
Late 20th Century Finnish Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Late 20th Century Unknown Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Mirror
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Steel, Chrome
Late 20th Century Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Wood
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
1940s French Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
20th Century Italian Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Fabric, Wood
20th Century English Victorian Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Wood, Paint
20th Century Chinese Qing Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Brass
1930s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Metal
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1940s American Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Brass
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Oak
2010s American Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Wool, Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary American Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Nickel, Brass
2010s American Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary English Folk Art Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Metal
2010s South African Minimalist Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Wood
2010s South African Minimalist Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Hardwood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Brass
1970s French Rustic Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Wood
20th Century Chinese Palladian Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Cane, Teak
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider
Metal
Vintage Dressing Screen Room Divider For Sale on 1stDibs
Finding the Right Screens-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.
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