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Modern Screens and Room Dividers

MODERN STYLE

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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 chaircrafted 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.

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Style: Modern
1950s Wood Screen with Glass Inlays
Located in Toronto, CA
The 1950s four-panel wood screen with amber-hued glass windows is both architectural and whimsical. Featuring rich, patinated wood, brass hinges and a sturdy base - use it to divide ...
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1950s Mexican Vintage Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Glass, Wood

Mid-20th C. Imperial East Coromandel Etched and Painted Six-Fold Floor Screen
Located in Germantown, MD
A Mid-20th Century Chinese Coromandel Etched and Painted Six-Fold Floor Screen screen or room divider. Exclusively made by Imperial East New York Measure...
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20th Century American Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Brass

Madeira Room Divider
Located in Macieira de Sarnes, PT
Madeira Room Divider Designed by Project 213A in 2023 Foldable screen in four panels made from solid chestnut wood varnished in a translucent white finis...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Chestnut

Radiant Screen by Baker Furniture Thomas Pheasant
Located in North York, ON
Radiant Screen by Baker Furniture Thomas Pheasant. This beautiful mahogany wood room divider screen from Baker Furniture, made in the USA, is sure to add a touch of sophistication to...
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2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Mahogany

Contemporary Yellow Soft Folding Screen Screen Divider Foam on Wood
Located in Madrid, ES
Screen Divider “What did you do today?”, 2019 by Marseille based duo Studiolow Ed. 2 of 5 Foam, wooden structure, button, spray paint It has two sid...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Foam, Hardwood, Paint

Custom Leather 3 Panel Large Folding Screen with Chrome Nailheads
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fabulous 3 Panel custom leather folding screen with Chrome nailheads. This screen is extremely well made with very high quality leather. The screen would work well as a room divider ...
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Early 2000s Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Chrome

Baleri Italia Cartoons Low Screen in White Paper by Luigi Baroli
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Cartoons creates a spatial division that is baroque and minimalist at the same time. The idea of the screen is a sublime mystification: a wall that is not a wall. Corrugated cardboard, a humble but reliable material, is presented in a very refined technology. Two sheets of cardboard, positioned side by side, ensure the maximum ease in rolling and unrolling the screen and are couplet to a free-standing structure. Screen with free-standing structure in corrugated cardboard extracted from pure cellulose, available in two configurations, height 170 cm with 40÷400 cm extension or height 150 cm with 40÷300 cm extension. Upper and lower edge in technopolymer in matt black. Terminal stiffening components in brushed diecast aluminium. Born near Milan in 1951, after a degree in architecture at Politecnico he has worked mainly in the field of interior design, although jewellery design was another major interest. In 1994 he won the Compasso d’Oro award for Cartoons screen...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Aluminum

Unique Paravent- Lamp, Illuminated room divider from 1988 by Elsa Prochazka
Located in Vienna, AT
Movable Room- divider with many tiny lamps outside.[nbsp]This piece of art is a unique piece[nbsp]designed by Elsa Prohazka and manufactured by WOKA LAMPS VIENNA[nbsp]for the Exhibition "WIEN MOEBEL" IN 1989, at the Vienna Secession Building. Several artists designed furniture and several manufacturer executed unique pieces of arts. The designers were Luigi Blau...
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Late 20th Century Austrian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Steel

Chic Mirror-Polished or Powder-Coated Aluminum Room Divider or Screen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Song screen by Charles Constantine of Bestcase is a more striking, modern take on the Eames’s iconic 1946 FSW screen. Made from mirror-polished aluminum, it also subverts the idea of traditional folding screens, once adorned with mythological depictions or historical narratives, by mirroring the present rather than reflecting on the past. The screen is fully customizable - panels can be added or taken away, with your choice of finish (a powder coated version of the screen is priced at $4,200). The Song Screen is part of Sight Unseen's first-ever furniture collection, creative directed by Sight Unseen founders Monica Khemsurov and Jill Singer and produced in collaboration with Bestcase, a Long Island...
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2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Aluminum

Tri-Fold Solid Maple Folding Screen or Room Divider
Located in Newburgh, NY
Sculptural, self-supporting screen for use as a stand-alone or combined to create a larger privacy wall. The tri-fold design can be oriented with the form tapering either up or down....
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2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Bronze

Gervasoni Black Three Door Folding Screen in Bamboo by Paola Navone
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Three-door folding screen, Black 90 enhances the naturalness of black bamboo: fine rods of different lengths are interlocked overlapping to give dynamism to the product. A contrast of fullness and emptiness, of seeing and not seeing made possible thanks to the vanishing lines between one rod and the other, allowing our sight to go beyond the immediately apparent. Three doors folding partition...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Bamboo

Luxurious Large 4 Panel Screen / Divider by Maitland Smith
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A rich and luxurious looking large four panel wood screen / divider with satin black panels having routed painted grooves in antique gold and silver with red accent striping. This sc...
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Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood

James Bearden "Meteor Storm Screen"
Located in New York, NY
Sonic sculpture of torch-cut and polychromed steel, fused bronze, solvent dyes, and glass enamel. An elongated version of "Meteor Storm" that can serve as a screen or divider. A 2019...
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2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Bronze, Enamel, Steel

Colorful Modernist Folding Screen by Sandro Petti
Located in New York, NY
Colorful modernist folding screen by Sandro Petti. Green and purple leather with a chrome frame and lucite feet. Literature: Casa Vogue March 1974...
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1970s Italian Vintage Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Chrome

Queen Heart Folding Screen by Royal Stranger
Located in Geneve, CH
Queen heart folding screen by Royal Stranger Dimensions: 190 x 200 x 4 cm Materials: Pearl royal velvet upholstery framed with stainless steel coated in copper. The Queen heart ...
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2010s Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Brass

Baleri Italia Cartoons Screen in Paper Customized Pantone Colors by Luigi Baroli
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Cartoons creates a spatial division that is baroque and minimalist at the same time. The idea of the screen is a sublime mystification: a wall that is ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Aluminum

Snake Contemporary Sculptural Wood Bronze Patina Room Divider Screen Green
Located in Bainbridge Island, WA
A large screen composed of solid wood posts with handcut hinges and bronze sheet. The form evokes prayer flags or a snaking river. Dimensions: Depth 2.75 in / 7 cm Width 122 in / ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Bronze

Modern Sculptural Wood Room Divider by Sebastiano Bottos, Italia
Located in Pordenone, IT
The "Cortina" screen designed by Sebastiano Bottos is a sculptural piece of furniture handcrafted by assembling extroflexed wood elements, the result of an innovating processing tech...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood

White Washed Oak and Aged Brass Six Panel Folding Screen by Steve Chase
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Glamorous 1990’s six panel folding screen by Steve Chase. Out of a Steve Chase design estate in Rancho Mirage CA. Constructed of solid white washed o...
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1990s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Brass

Baleri Italia Cartoons Screen in White Paper by Luigi Baroli
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Screen with free-standing structure in corrugated paper-board extracted from pure cellulose. Completely recyclable and non-pollutive. Upper and lower edges in techno-polymer in matte black. Terminal stiffening components in brushed die-cast aluminium. Born near Milan in 1951, after a degree in architecture at Politecnico he has worked mainly in the field of interior design, although jewellery design was another major interest. In 1994 he won the Compasso d’Oro award for Cartoons screen...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Paper

Baleri Italia Cartoons Screen in Havana Paper by Luigi Baroli
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Screen with free-standing structure in corrugated paper-board extracted from pure cellulose. Completely recyclable and non-pollutive. Upper and lower edges in techno-polymer in matte black. Terminal stiffening components in brushed die-cast aluminium. Born near Milan in 1951, after a degree in architecture at Politecnico he has worked mainly in the field of interior design, although jewellery design was another major interest. In 1994 he won the Compasso d’Oro award for Cartoons screen...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Paper

Custom Leather Screen
Located in Houston, TX
Custom three panel Italian congnac leather screen with nailhead detail. Floor sample with slight imperfection, as is. See photos. Original retail starting at $7,800.00 C.O.M.
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Brass

Contemporary Fireplace Screen "Kalahari" in Brass with Free Forms Cutout Pattern
Located in Athens, GR
Contemporary, handcrafted fireplace screen model "Kalahari" in solid oxidized brass, with free forms cutout patterns. The screen is standing on a rectangular solid brass base. Vari...
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21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Brass

Yuma Kano Rust Harvest Shelf Acrylic Art room divider
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Shelf designed by Yuma Kano. Surface half transparent material is acrylic. This acrylic is what rust was transformed. Artist calls it "Rust Harvest." He is making "Rust Harvest" acr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Steel

Contemporary Handmade Geometric Fireplace Screen "Rimbaud" in Brass by Anaktae
Located in Athens, GR
Contemporary, handcrafted fireplace screen model "Rimbaud" in solid oxidized brass with cutout geometric pattern. The screen is standing on a rectangular solid brass base. The interl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Brass

Chroma Contemporary Room Divider in Acrylic and Metal
Located in London, GB
The Chroma room divider seeks to break the confines of its own materiality. By filtering the light through, it magnifies its presence creating an effect where different shades of co...
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2010s Mexican Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Metal

Tri-Fold Opaque Lacquer Folding Screen / Room Divider
Located in Newburgh, NY
Sculptural, handcrafted, self-supporting screen for use as a stand-alone or combined to create a larger privacy wall. The tri-fold design can be oriented with the form tapering eithe...
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2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Hardwood

Andrianna Shamaris Rare Rosewood Screen
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite rare antique rosewood carved into this beautiful screen or room divider. Andrianna Shamaris. The Leader In Modern Organic Design™
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Early 20th Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood, Rosewood, Reclaimed Wood

Italian Handcrafted 3 Part Ottoman Theme Black and Green Wood Screen
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Black and green lacquered wood carefully crafted to enhance light and shadow. Insertion of ottoman personage prints on 100% cotton paper. From the ottoman collection designed by Mass...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Glass, Paper, Wood

Carlton Wood Room Divider, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown an authentic and perfect reproduction of the Carlton bookcase and room divider, originally designed in 1981 by Ettore Sottsass. The...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood, Plastic

ClassiCon Folding Screen in White by Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
The high-tech look that arose in the 1980s and which is still potentially current had an ingenious predecessor. Over half a century ago, Eileen Gray anticipated the cool industrial a...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood

Snake Contemporary Sculptural Wood Bronze Patina Room Divider Screen
Located in Bainbridge Island, WA
A large screen composed of solid wood posts with hand-cut hinges and bronze sheet. The form evokes prayer flags or a snaking river. The blue color of the bro...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Bronze

Ombra Screen by Chiara Provasi
Located in Milan, IT
An exercise in visual harmony and artistic sensibility, this decorative wooden screen will transform any interior with its dynamic character. The rectangular silhouette features four...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Textile

Modern Sculptural Wood Room Divider "Kirigami" by Sebastiano Bottos Italia
Located in Pordenone, IT
These architectural and sculptural screens, as well as other Sebastiano Bottos collection projects, distinguish themselves due to the mix of innovative material and processing . A tw...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood

Modern Sculptural Wood Room Divider by Sebastiano Bottos, Italia
Located in Pordenone, IT
The " Cortina " screen by Sebastiano Bottos is a geometric piece of furniture handcrafted by assembling extroflexed pine wood elements, the result of an innovating working process th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood

Italian Handcrafted 3 Part Jungle Dome Screen Midnight Blue Laquered Wood
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Midnight Blu lacquered wood carefully crafted to enhance light and shadow. Insertion of tropical prints on 100% cotton paper. From the Jungle Dome collection designed by Massimilian...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood, Glass, Paper

'Bird in flight' Room Divider, Blackened Steel and Sculptures, By Margit Wittig
Located in London, GB
Margit Wittig's triptych blackened metal screen/ room divider features sculptured resin birds in flight. These pieces can rotate allowing the collector to ...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Metal

Transition Room Divider
Located in Eindhoven, NL
This poetic room divider has four textural panels echoing the change of seasons. The harmonious color scheme is striking in its simplicity and in the att...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Jacquard

Origin Polcha X Atelier Veneer Claustra
Located in PARIS, FR
This claustra is the first piece completely imagined by Polcha. It was entirely made from wood scraps and manufactured by Atelier Veneer, a French carpentry workshop. Each slat r...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood

Contemporary Fireplace Screen "Argos" in Brass with Organic Forms, by Anaktae
Located in Athens, GR
Contemporary, handcrafted fireplace screen model "Argos" in solid oxidized brass with cutout pattern with organic forms. The screen is standing on a rectangular solid brass base. V...
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21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Brass

Contemporary Handmade Room Divider "Aether" with Mirrored Surfaces by Anaktae
Located in Athens, GR
Contemporary handcrafted free-standing room divider, model "Aether" composed of four folding pieces of wood with a brass patina finish. The surfa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Mirror, Wood

Contemporary 4 Panel Folding Screen
Located in Matosinhos, 13
Yosemite is a Contemporary 4 Panel Folding Screen, designed by the Portuguese Architecture & Interior Design Studio Ding Dong. The screen has 2 ...
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2010s Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Oak

Modern Vintage Abstract Metal Wire Three Panel Screen or Room Divider
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Very cool modern three-panel room divider. This sturdy and well made screen is made of metal wire that's arranged in an intricate and lacy abstract design. A beautiful way to create ...
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1990s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Metal

Gray Metal Circle Design 4 Fold Screen
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary dark gray metal plated 4-fold screen with wooden core and raised concentric circle pattern Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
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20th Century Unknown Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood

Contemporary Monumental Three Fold Maple and Glass Screen/Room Divider
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary monumental 3-fold screen / room divider with burl maple frame and central glass panels with silver metal hardware.
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20th Century Unknown Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Glass

Contemporary French 'Piazza Prints' Black and White Rolling Screen
Located in New York, NY
French Contemporary folding room screen with four panels and three folds, printed in white against a black background with illustrations of Parisian landmarks, resting on four sets o...
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Mid-20th Century French Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Brass

Contemporary Monumental Three Fold White Wood and Glass Screen/Room Divider
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary monumental 3-fold screen / room divider with white lacquer painted wooden frame and central glass panels with silver metal hardware.
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20th Century Unknown Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Glass

Jean Prouvé sunbreaker architectural metal shade / room divider - France, 1970s
Located in London, GB
‘I’m not an architect; I’m not an engineer – I’m a factory man,’ said metal worker and self-taught industrial designer Jean Prouvé (1901–1984). The son of Victor Prouvé, an artist an...
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1970s French Vintage Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Metal

Divaar Screen
Located in London, GB
‘Divaar’ meaning ‘Wall’ in Hindi, is a room divider or dressing room piece which combines soft curves with mirrored, timber and cane sections to provide a gentle separation between s...
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2010s Indian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Cane, Rattan, Ash, Mirror

The Meadow Fire Screen - Our Newest Addition Custom Made in Brass and Iron
Located in Euless, TX
Introducing our Meadow Fire Screen, Betzinger Designs Latest Masterpiece which is truly a sculptural piece made from a combination wrought iron and brass which is typical of many ti...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Brass, Steel

Vintage Italian Hand Painted Screen Styled After Maitland Smith
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Italian Hand Painted Screen Styled After Maitland Smith The ruins of Roman buildings overlook wooded hills. Expressive clouds floa...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Penca Room Divider
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Penca is a line of outdoor furniture with a strong Mexican identity, designed for residential spaces as well as for common areas of restaurants or boutique hotels. The concept of the...
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2010s Mexican Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Steel

Penca Room Divider Low
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Penca is a line of outdoor furniture with a strong Mexican identity, designed for residential spaces as well as for common areas of restaurants or boutique hotels. The concept of the...
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Early 2000s Mexican Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Steel

Paravento 2018, Screen 2018
Located in Mosciano Sant'angelo, TE
Four rectangular doors in walnut and perforated sheet shield spaces drawing light and dark suggestions. Intuit, grasp the forms, which beyond the screen are defined in space. A thin ...
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2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Iron

Modern Wood Sculpture Wall Screen / Room Divider by Pierre Sarkis
Located in Guatemala City, Central America
Modern Solid Wood Sculpture screen by Pierre Sarkis from Valentina Collection. Inspired in the Origami folds theory, finding in basic geometry meaning of life, truth and beauty. Arti...
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2010s Central American Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Wood, Cypress

The Onyx Screen by Giampiero Tagliaferri
Located in Geneve, CH
The Onyx Screen by Giampiero Tagliaferri Limited Edition Of 8 Pieces Dimensions: D 5 x W 175 x H 180 cm. Materials: White onyx and steel. Giampiero Taglia...
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2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Onyx, Steel

Italian modern Self-supporting screen Cartoons by Luigi Baroli for Baleri, 2000s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Self-supporting screen Cartoons by Luigi Baroli for Baleri, 2000s Screen mod. Cartoons characterized by a self-supporting structure made of light gray corrugated cardb...
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Early 2000s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Aluminum

Unique Vertigo Room Divider Module by Draga & Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Vertigo Room Divider by Draga & Aurel The published price corresponds to ONE (01) bar. Please contact us for full module quotations. Unique piece. Dimensions: W 30 D 10 H 200,...
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2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Brass

Modern screens and room dividers for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Modern screens and room dividers for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage screens and room dividers created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include more furniture and collectibles, building and garden elements, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern screens and room dividers made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original screens and room dividers, popular names associated with this style include Draga & Aurel, Kiki van Eijk, Marco Zito, and Sebastiano Bottos. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for screens and room dividers differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $928 and tops out at $180,000 while the average work can sell for $7,200.

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