American Screens and Room Dividers

Fire screen in glass with brass hardware and feet by Danny Alessandro and sold through Holly Hunt, American 1980’s. There is beautiful attention to detail on this screen.

Richard Harvey's Sculpta-Grille screen is made of injection molded plastic (Tenite-Butyrate). This screen is an original abstract form conceived to enhance present day architectural settings. The delicacy of this sculpture combined with depth of form create a rhythm of motion. Changes in lighting and viewing position produce ever-changing pattern flow and continuing interest. Image 3 - Richard Harvey's Sculpta-Grille screen in situ courtesy of Tamara Magel Interiors. Born in 1919 and raised in New York City, Richard "Dick" Harvey studied art at Brooklyn Tech High school and received a degree in Mechanical Engineering at City College of New York. His initial goal was a career in the fledgling field of Industrial Design. When World War II broke out, Harvey served in the US Navy. After his navy service he began working with his father--a first class toolmaker, designing and manufacturing plastic injection molds for the doll industry. Primarily a designer, Harvey observed that modern architectural styles of the 1940's and 50's could appear Stark and lacking suitable decorative relief. He began researching; sculpting and designing what he felt would be an appropriate complement to modern architectural design. Harvey began hand-building plaster-of-paris prototypes for classically-styled grille-work. Responses to these designs were overwhelmingly positive and Harvey was encouraged to develop the idea further. He initially chose four Classic designs; "Ring and Bar," "Persian," "Persian-Lattice" and "Arabesque". The late 1950s were a period of creative entrepreneurship and Harvey made the decision to go into business. Injection molds were built and new-product press releases were sent to trade publications. In June of 1959 an article and photograph appeared in Interior Design Magazine; inquiries and orders quickly followed. "Harvey Design...

This window shutter was done for the Benjamin Adelman house in Phoenix, Arizona. This Frank Lloyd Wright home was constructed in 1951 and these screens...

Architecturally intriguing three part bamboo and rattan screen or room divider. Bamboo frame is hinged at three places and the screens them selves are a combination of rattan crosses...