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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
2010s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Late 20th Century Austrian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
1990s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Upholstery
2010s Spanish Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Magnets
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Organic Material
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Textile
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Organic Material
20th Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
2010s Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century Canadian Antique Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s Sahrawi Vintage Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Hardwood
2010s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century Moroccan Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
2010s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-19th Century Antique Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Marble, Bronze
2010s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Ceramic, Plaster
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
Late 20th Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Iron
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
20th Century American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror
20th Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
2010s German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
1980s Spanish Vintage Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Marble, Wrought Iron
1990s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Art Glass
Late 20th Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
2010s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass