Modern Screens and Room Dividers
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
1950s Mexican Vintage Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood
20th Century American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Chestnut
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Foam, Hardwood, Paint
Early 2000s Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Late 20th Century Austrian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze, Enamel, Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Chrome
2010s Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1990s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Early 20th Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Rosewood, Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Paper, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Textile
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Glass, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Jacquard
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak
1990s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
20th Century Unknown Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Unknown Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
Mid-20th Century French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Unknown Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
1970s French Vintage Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Indian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Cane, Rattan, Ash, Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
2010s Mexican Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
Early 2000s Mexican Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
2010s Central American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Cypress
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Onyx, Steel
Early 2000s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass