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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 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.
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Style: Modern
Returnable Items Only
Set of 3, Kazimir Screens, Floral Coating in Silk by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 3, Kazimir Screens, floral coating in Silk by Colé Italia with Julia Douza
Dimensions: H.159 D.116 W.40 cm
Materials: Partition screen with jersey fabric coating with fantas...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Steel
Signed Dante Ferretti Surrealist Painted Wood Three-Panel Folding Floor Screen
Located in Hudson, NY
Dante Ferretti (Italian, born 1943). Hand-painted wood, three panel floor screen. Hand-painted in various shades of blue and white in a surrealist style. Signed and dated to verso in the middle panel of the screen, 1993.
Ferretti is an academy award winning film production designer (Ginger & Fred, Casino, Interview with a Vampire, Gangs of New York...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Unique Paravent- Lamp, Illuminated room divider from 1988 by Elsa Prochazka
By Woka Lamps
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Austrian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Steel
Playful Crosscut Bamboo Screen by Oly Studio
By Oly Studio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Playful crosscut bamboo screen by Oly Studio. Made with folding wood frame painted grey.
Dimensions:
70.75"H x 77"W x 1.5"D.
Category
1990s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Bamboo
Folding Screen 'Kimono' Room Divider
Located in San Pietro di Morubio, Verona
Enriched with refined details, this superb screen is a functional way to create privacy, divide areas in a large room or loft, while providing a stylish statement in a home. The stru...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal
Joseph Konetsky 'Attributed' Folding Screen / Room Divider, Brass, USA, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A folding screen / room divider. In welded brass. Features floral motifs, organic lines are enhanced by leaves. Design and production is attributed to Joseph Konetsky, Studio Philade...
Category
1940s American Vintage Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
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...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Chrome
contemporary Separè king size, signed by the artstist , unique piece
Located in Torino, IT
The characteristic of this large screen inspired by the geometric shapes of the alpine glaciers is the size that makes it suitable for dividing two areas of the house or to decorate ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Iron
Baleri Italia Cartoons Screen in Paper Customized Pantone Colors by Luigi Baroli
Located in Milan, IT
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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Aluminum
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...
Category
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Steel
Screen "Le Curieux" by Caroline Schilling Limited Edition
Located in MONTROZIER, FR
There is a country, close to Wonderland, where objects come to life and grow like no other. Caroline Schilling, a designer who graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris, ( ENSAD ), imagines a country where excess reigns supreme. ?
The motto "Think big - Live bigger" resonates until nightfall. The objects that emanate from it at dawn all have their own character and the power to combine both the useful and the unusual.
Raised on the emerged lands of dreamlike Design; a form of game, a game of form, are the fertile ground of puns, which are here to tickle our cheekbones. Giants with golden hands shape these everyday companions, straight from the wild imagination of a designer who sees big, very big.
"Le curieux" According to him, curiosity is not a bad thing and this screen will use this to his advantage! This screen is mischievous, sometimes opening up and sometimes shutting himself away, but always there to protect you from prying eyes.
Its screw or bolt-shaped pegs can be used as a coat or bag holder. The folding screen is on wheels and can be moved easily
This room devider...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Aluminum
Hand-Crafted Sculptural Room Divider, Monochrome, by Margit Wittig
Located in London, GB
Margit Wittig's triptych blackened metal screen/ room divider features hand-crafted sculptural elements . These pieces can rotate allowing the collector to create varying levels of o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal
Hand-Crafted Sculptural Room Divider, Colourful, by Margit Wittig
Located in London, GB
Margit Wittig's triptych blackened metal screen/ room divider features hand-crafted sculptural elements. These pieces can rotate allowing the collector to create varying levels of op...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal
Screen Guise by Odd Matter
By Odd Matter
Located in Milan, IT
Guise screen by Odd Matter, the Netherlands, 2019. Nilufar edition. EPS foam, spray. 205 x 15.8 x H 216 cm, 84.6 x 6.2 x H 85 in. Guise explores the first encounter?through the poten...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Polystyrene, Paint
Plutarco Studio Folding Screen ”Tromploeil”, Spain, 2016
Located in Madrid, ES
The Tromploeil screen is a construction and composition game. Perforated metal sheets and metallic geometric shapes with hinges and magnets come together to create a system that allo...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Iron, Magnets
Folding Screen 'Separe' Room Divider in Terracotta Elm burl Veneer
Located in San Pietro di Morubio, Verona
Imperfections and irregularity are the most highly regarded form of beauty at KABINET. The designer duo are mesmerised by the almost-deformed-looking grains of elm burl - commonly fo...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Spectacular Four Panel Hand-Painted Lacquer Screen
Located in London, GB
Floor standing folding screen, four-fold,
lacquered, 165cm H x 162cm L extended, with floral
Decoration and butterfly.
This four panel screen is made of painted lacquer with abund...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Lacquer
Screen with 3 Panels with De Gournay Covering Art Déco Garden André Fu Living
By André Fu
Located in CENTRAL, HK
Description: Screen with 3 panels in pinewood and oak wood with De Gournay covering
Color: Grey and lead grey
Size: 164 x 4 x 200 H cm
Material: Pinewood ...
Category
2010s Chinese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Pine, Oak
Large Vivai del Sud Standing Mirror or Screen in Lacquered Wood
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large screen or standing mirror by Vivai del Sud, Italy, 1970's. Rare version in black lacquered wood and mirror produced in late 1970's by this Rome based company.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Late 20th Century Four-Panel Room Divider or Screen by Designer "Yamo"
By Yamo
Located in Troy, NY
Tall four-panel screen / room divider by the Artist / designer "Yamo".
Straddling French and Algerian cultures, Yamo has created a sophisticated range of art furniture. Achieving a s...
Category
20th Century French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Plywood, Rope
Screen with 4 Panels with De Gournay Covering Art Déco Garden André Fu Living
By André Fu
Located in CENTRAL, HK
Description: Screen with 4 panels in pinewood and oak wood with De Gournay covering
Color: Charcoal and raw earth
Size: 219 x 4 x 200 H cm
Material: Pinewood and oak wood
Collec...
Category
2010s Chinese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Oak, Pine
White Washed Oak and Aged Brass Six Panel Folding Screen by Steve Chase
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...
Category
1990s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Conogó Partition Screen in Hardwood, Brazilian Contemporary Design
Located in Sao Paulo, BR
This contemporary styled partition screen or room divider is made of sucupira hardwood. Named the Conogó, this partition screen is art–furniture.
The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Yuma Kano Rust Harvest Shelf Acrylic Art room divider
By Yuma Kano
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Steel
Reverso Separè Sunset by Draga&Aurel Resin and Brass 21st Century
Located in Como, IT
Transparency Matters collection by Draga & Aurel:
Partition screen made from cast resin and self-standing structure in polished brass. Transparency of the resin creates light effect...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Wooden Screen 3 Panels Interlock André Fu Living Partition Dividers Bronze New
By André Fu
Located in CENTRAL, HK
Description: Wooden screen with 3 panels
Color: Grey
Size: 135(3 x 45) x 4 x 158/183/138 H cm
Material: Oak and bronze
Collection: Interlock
Wooden screen with 3 foldable panels in oak with bronze detail on the top edge, with wooden hinges.
Category
2010s Chinese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Bronze
Reverso Separè Dusty Turquoise by Draga&Aurel Resin and Brass, 21st Century
Located in Como, IT
Transparency Matters collection by Draga & Aurel:
Partition screen made from cast resin and self-standing structure in polished brass. Transparency of the resin creates light effect...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Reverso Separè Jade by Draga&Aurel Resin and Brass, 21st Century
Located in Como, IT
Transparency Matters collection by Draga & Aurel:
Partition screen made from cast resin and self-standing structure in polished brass. Transparency of the resin creates light effect...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
Reverso Separè Dusty Yellow by Draga&Aurel Resin and Brass, 21st Century
Located in Como, IT
Transparency Matters collection by Draga & Aurel:
Partition screen made from cast resin and self-standing structure in polished brass. Transparency of the resin creates light effect...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Reverso Separè Steel by Draga&Aurel Resin and Brass, 21st Century
Located in Como, IT
Transparency Matters collection by Draga & Aurel:
Partition screen made from cast resin and self-standing structure in polished brass. Transparency of the resin creates light effect...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Reverso Separè Mulberry by Draga&Aurel Resin and Brass, 21st Century
Located in Como, IT
Transparency Matters collection by Draga & Aurel:
Partition screen made from cast resin and self-standing structure in polished brass. Transparency of the resin creates light effect...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Contemporary "Blowing in the Wind" Leather Geometric Patchwork Screen
Located in Milano, IT
A leather screen that gives character to the room with his simple geometric elements and basic color palette. The three-panel frame and hinges are made of solid Canaletto walnut, while the screens are of honeycomb wood...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Reverso Separè Violet by Draga&Aurel Resin and Brass, 21st Century
Located in Como, IT
Transparency Matters collection by Draga & Aurel:
Partition screen made from cast resin and self-standing structure in polished brass. Transparency of the resin creates light effect...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Reverso Separè Light Blue by Draga & Aurel Resin and Brass, 21st Century
Located in Como, IT
Transparency Matters collection by Draga & Aurel:
Partition screen made from cast resin and self-standing structure in polished brass. Transparency of the resin creates light effect...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
'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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal
Reverso Separè Purpish Blue by Draga&Aurel Resin and Brass, 21st Century
Located in Como, IT
Transparency Matters collection by Draga & Aurel:
Partition screen made from cast resin and self-standing structure in polished brass. Transparency of the resin creates light effect...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Reverso Separè Light Violet by Draga&Aurel Resin and Brass, 21st Century
Located in Como, IT
Transparency Matters collection by Draga & Aurel:
Partition screen made from cast resin and self-standing structure in polished brass. Transparency of the resin creates light effect...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Reverso Separè REd Violet by Draga&Aurel Resin and Brass, 21st Century
Located in Como, IT
Transparency Matters collection by Draga & Aurel:
Partition screen made from cast resin and self-standing structure in polished brass. Transparency of the resin creates light effect...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Wooden Screen 4 Panels Interlock André Fu Living Partion Dividers Oak Bronze New
By André Fu
Located in CENTRAL, HK
Description: Wooden screen with 4 panels
Color: Grey
Size: 180(4 x 45) x 4 x 158/200/240/138 H cm
Material: Oak and bronze
Collection: Interlock
Wooden screen with 4 foldable panels in oak with bronze detail on the top edge, with wooden hinges.
Category
2010s Chinese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Bronze
Reverso Separè Blue Shades by Draga&Aurel Resin and Brass, 21st Century
Located in Como, IT
Transparency Matters collection by Draga & Aurel:
Partition screen made from cast resin and self-standing structure in polished brass. Transparency of the resin creates light effect...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
"Conogó" Colored Partition Screen in Hardwood, Brazilian Contemporary Design
Located in Sao Paulo, BR
This contemporary style partition screen or room divider, painted in MDF, is made of sucupira hardwood. Named the Conogó, this partition screen is art–furniture.
Its constructive and aesthetic inspiration is a mix of references that goes from several fields, from universal cultural roots to contemporary art.
In one hand, Conogó’s constructive form and its use of simple materials references the work of indigenous ancestors and their connection with nature. On the other hand, its play with optical illusion, rhythm and movement creates dialogue with contemporary Kinetic art.
The screen partition...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Maximalist Four-Panel Hand Painted Screen, After Jean Cocteau, 1950s
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Miami, FL
A striking surrealist hand painted floor screen comprised of four canvas panels with profiles centering a "visage de faune" (faun's face), a...
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Brass Room Divider Made with Dichroic Glass
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The Crown room divider was built and designed by artist Troy Smith. This contemporary and one of a kind room divider is made out of the highest grade of materials. Inspired by glitte...
Category
2010s Canadian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Glass, Paper
Modern Three-Panel Screen Divider with Steel and Marble Finish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stunning and stylish decorative screen makes a wonderful accent divider or wall art, combining sculpted steel frame with parquet marble inlays. Perfect room divider or screen fo...
Category
20th Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
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™
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Rosewood, Reclaimed Wood
Vicente Wolf Four-Panel Screen
By Vicente Wolf
Located in New York, NY
A four-panel screen designed by Vicente Wolf. Dark wood frame encasing woven hemp panels. 69" tall, expands to 84" wide. Two available. Sold separately.
Category
20th Century Dominican Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Hemp, Wood
HOLLY HUNT Arolle Screen
By HOLLY HUNT
Located in Chicago, IL
HOLLY HUNT Arolle screen
Additional Information:
Dimensions: 49.25 W x 9.78 D x 29.9 H inch
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
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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