Asian Screens and Room Dividers

This is an old Japanese folding screen. It is an item made by dyeing cotton cloth instead of drawing directly on paper or silk. The moon and rabbits are represented. The moon and ...

A gorgeous, very large six-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a group of cranes frolicking together in a stream/ lake. The beautiful, b...

This striking white plaster three fold folding screen divider with decorative embroidery on the panel is a unique piece created by the Tbilisi, Georgia based designers Rooms Studio in collaboration with Salome Chigilashvili. Additional Information: The white three-fold screen is made up of three panels which are shaped uniquely and made of plaster, which are adorned with embroidered details that look like brush strokes made of unprocessed yarn. The screen features black legs which frame the piece and give it its stability. This crossover beautiful white folding screen divider would look great in a woman's dressing room, or any room in the house to separate space in a modern loft-like interior. The white folding screen comes in a numbered edition of 6, making it a limited edition hand crafted piece for your home. About the Design Studio: Works of Rooms Studio refer to the sculptural forms and abundant materials in juxtaposition with the feminine instincts. Born and raised in Tbilisi, Georgia, the duo behind the Rooms, Nata Janberidze and Keti Toloraia, lean towards preserving the inherited craftsmanship techniques unique to the region. Massive wood and stone objects are hand-crafted using traditional techniques to create raw and symbolic forms often rooted in the designers' childhood memories. Growing up in a culturally diverse environment, where the two worlds - Western and Eastern collide, remarkably influenced their design language. Over the years, Rooms has created eight independent collections and collaborations equally memorable and representative of the duo's perpetual mission to bring life to omitted elements of a former life. Through their series of works, Janberidze and Toloraia try to examine the boundaries between the public and private. Experiencing adolescent years in the 90s - a significant decade of cultural and societal shifts - their work is a narrative of personal experiences of womanhood. By contrasting the new feminine monumental shapes with architectural brutality, Rooms challenges the status quo and also bridges the conventional and contemporary design with a confluence of female energy.? The work of Rooms Studio has concerned itself with questions of nomenclature since the Tbilisi-based design atelier was co-founded by Nata Janberidze and Keti Toloraia in 2007. Take, for instance, the studio’s name: in adopting the basic unit of interior space as the title of their practice, Janberidze and Toloraia also emphasized the emotional force of interiority and inner life in determining their creative output. The studio’s largest U.S. exhibition to date, Distant Symphony expands upon this impulse to focus inward. The title is again a chief concern—some of the objects included here were designed during the global pandemic, under a regime of forced isolation that made the studio’s typically collective work process untenable. The pieces shown here are the results of Rooms’ search for a way forward. The first room, an antechamber of sorts, evokes the intimate quality of a private home. Shown here are trinkets and personal effects chosen by Janberidze and Toloraia for their emotive qualities; a low background noise emphasizes the climate of urban domesticity. The ensuing gallery space features highlights of Rooms’ recent design output. Here, the subtle scent of organic materials provides a sensory indication of the atelier’s interest in dichotomies: natural and man-made, personal and collective, local and cosmopolitan.   In light of the global circumstances, Janberidze and Toloraia felt it was especially important to pursue collaborative work. Rooms invited three artists—Shotiko Aptsiauri, Salome Chigalashvili and Mariana Chkonia—to conduct a dialogue and shared design process. As such, this exhibition is a kind of polyphonic meditation on a need for solitude and desire for companionship. The practice of polyphonic singing, essential to Georgian folk culture, is reinterpreted here as a design endeavor. Chigilashvili, working with unprocessed yarn, interpreted folk motifs by adapting embroidery to the scale of furniture with expansive stitches applied to painted boards...

Impressive large-scale Chinese hand-painted six-panel screen depicting a bamboo forest interspersed with groups of figures, houses and rock outcroppings. Hand painted paper, the vert...

Japan, a fine set of two (2) antique silk and bamboo sudare- Japanese rolled screens or blinds complete with original incised metal hangers and pretty silk bows. Fine condition. Rolled for easy installation and display. Engraved metal hangers are 4 inches high and their opening is 2.5 inches. These may be removed for installation. Dimensions: Each is 26 inches wide and 66.75 inches in length The beautiful high quality blue and gold silk used in their construction is lovely. The cords are in tact. The metal hangers in perfect gently used condition. The wavy bamboo sections you may view are natural and original to their construction and ensemble. Their superb bamboo craftsmanship allows air or sunlight to enter while in down mode. Good opportunity as complete traditional sets of two...

Japan, a fine set of three (3) antique silk and bamboo sudare- one full length and two valences sized. These Japanese rolled screens or blinds come complete with original incised metal hanger on the full length one and pretty silk brocade and bows on all. Fine condition. Rolled for easy installation and display. Engraved metal hanger on full length sudare is 4 inches high and their opening is 2.5 inches. This may be removed for installation. Dimensions: Full length example is 34.5 inches wide and 67.5 inches in length Two valences each 34.5 inches wide and 11.25 inches in length The beautiful high quality blue and gold silk used in their construction is lovely. The cords are intact. The metal hanger is in perfect gently used condition. The wavy bamboo sections you may view are natural and original to their construction and ensemble. Their superb bamboo craftsmanship allows air or sunlight to enter while in down mode. Good opportunity as complete traditional sets of two...

One-of-a-kind. This Chinese extraordinary natural stone painting of a mountain range in contrasting natural light and dark colors white and dark green . This is called a dream sto...

Gorgeous four-panel watercolor and gilt screen.

Japanese Old Soaring Mallard Duck Above Waves. Hand-painted scroll on paper. Dimensions: 23.5 inches wide and 68.5 inches length Hand written Collector signature as photographed Har...

Silvery background sky on a fine hand-painted paper applied to a six panel screen featuring a Japanese waterscape. Lovely colors and striking detail. The back is covered in silver te...

Japan fine hand painted two panel tea screen byobu ink on silk, Boating & Birds on Mountain Blue Lake This is a captivating folding two-panel screen dating to late Taisho to early ...

The elaborate hand-carved screen is fashioned from hardwood (possibly padauk) and is appointed with 32 miniature paintings of dignitaries (paintings of possibly Maharajahs and Mahara...