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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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

Materials

Mirror, Wood

Shades of Venice High Divider in Murano Cords & Black Steel Base by Marco Zito
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Shade of Venice dividers are created with a magical colourful weave in nautical cords inspired by the Venetian islands and their local colours. Thus four collections emerge: Mura...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Steel

Shade Low Divider in Pink Vip Upholstery with Matt Black Base by Marco Zito
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Shade, as in the Japanese meaning of “divider”, has been restyled in a contemporary way and found a place in the living area. Shade is a filter, a divider, a compact system created for constructing spaces: decorating, separating, reserving private and intimate corners. The two sizes and the different textiles for...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Upholstery

ClassiCon Folding Screen in Black 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

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

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...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Aluminum

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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Brass

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

Materials

Bronze, Enamel, Steel

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

Screen Guise 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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Polystyrene, Paint

Shades of Venice Low Divider in Burano Cords & Black Steel Base by Marco Zito
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Shade of Venice dividers are created with a magical colourful weave in nautical cords inspired by the Venetian islands and their local colours. Thus four collections emerge: Mura...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Steel

Contemporary Valentina Giovando Screen Iron Brass Crystal Gold Bronze
Located in Milano, IT
Sutra love Sutra Love is a foldable screen from the "Sutra" Collection. The structure is an iron frame, the decoration is made of hand-cut round brass discs, rows of crystal stra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Crystal, Brass, Iron

Shades of Venice Low Divider in Sant'Erasmo Cords & Black Steel by Marco Zito
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Shade of Venice dividers are created with a magical colourful weave in nautical cords inspired by the Venetian islands and their local colours. Thus four collections emerge: Mura...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Steel

Screen with 3 Panels with De Gournay Covering Art Déco Garden André Fu Living
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 ...
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2010s Chinese Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Pine, Oak

"Secrets"Contemporary Screen, one of a kind, Satin Silk, Brass, Silvered Glass
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
This Secrets screen is a contemporary work of art, entirely handmade in Tuscany, Italy, 100% of Italian origin. Three solid birch wood panels covered in satin silk, with its Lotus leaf and petals, bamboo leaves, dandelion flowers, embedded pyrite buds , butterfly knobs...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Brass

White Brera Bookcase, Designed by Lievore Altherr Molina
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Scroll down and click "view all from Seller" to see more than 400 other unique products. (1.8) This bookcase main peculiarity are some vertical elements which break the linear con...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Lacquer

GAN Spaces Lan Screen with Oak Wood Frame & Steel in Indigo by Neri&Hu
Located in New York, NY
“Neri&Hu questions the sofa typology. Once the normal typology of a piece of furniture is broken down into its components, seating and rug become a single space. The back componen...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wool

Colony Screen in Vienna Straw with Natural Ash Structure by Skrivo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Screen in Vienna Straw, with frame in solid natural ash or stained black. The rattan is only available in the same finish of the structure. We wanted to enhance the hidden role of the screen in the indoor environment, presenting a highly scenographic element that could come out of some Wes Anderson...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Straw

Henley Street Paravant by Yabu Pushelberg in Whiskey Oak and Woven Natural Cane
Located in Toronto, ON
This Henley Street Paravant by Yabu Pushelberg in whiskey ultra matte lacquered oak is paired with woven cane accents. A sustainably sourced solid Fre...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Cane, Oak, Natural Fiber, Rattan

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 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

Narciso Screen
Located in Milan, IT
A sophisticated piece of functional decor that will create a private area in a large room, this screen is composed of three panels that can open completel...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Oak, Leather, Textile

Arflex Vela Screen C in Glass by Bernhardt & Vella
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Two colored glasses with different shapes, but complementary, create a play of transparency. Vela is a screen that divides in a light and simple way, without weighing down the space,...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Glass

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

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

Geometric Oak Room Wood Divider Screen Moon by Ana Volante
Located in Miami, FL
Oak wood moon divider Baltic birch plywood with quarter cut white oak veneer Designed by Ana Volante Dimensions each pyramid 160cm x 50cm x 42...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Plywood

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

Space Poetry Pink Room divider
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Space Poetry is a collection of sculptural objects in which Kiki van Eijk researches the relationship between space and architecture. Her findings are translating into a series of pi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Other

Modern Screen Room Divider Marble Base and Leather Nobe Italia
Located in piacenza, IT
The appeal of the Lavinia screen resides first in its decorative quality, even before any consideration for its function.‎ Rather than adapt to any sort of interior setting, it enhances the surrounding decor and draws attention by its very distinctive and sofisticated character. The exclusive Lavinia screen consists of two elements of movement. The forms are those of the past, the tubular create the essential geometries that deliberately create rich echoes of the history of design. The two sails, respectively with square and round profile, create an unusual play of movements, of the two, the sail with a round profile is in fact only movable. The materials used frame...
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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

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

SECRE Screen in Brass and Black Metal by Soraya Osorio
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Secre screen and room divider reveals its duality in its texture, pattern and finishes. Disclosing the screens beauty from any vantage point. Finished in ebon black steel on one side and orbital...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Brass, Steel

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

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

Giovannozzi Home, Partition Wall "LEAVES" Marble and Metal Brass Finish, Italy
Located in Tivoli Terme, Roma
Partition wall composed in green or black marble and metal brass finishing, created by Michele Arcarese Architect together with Giovannozzi. - Insert ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Marble, Brass

Anacleto Screen
By Da A
Located in Milan, IT
This indoor-outdoor screen is both a functional and decorative object of subtle sophistication. Inspired by the Disney character Archimedes from the Sword in the Stone...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Steel

Screen with 4 Panels with De Gournay Covering Art Déco Garden André Fu Living
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

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

Roto Screen / Room Divider, Steel Frame, Brass and Copper Mesh by Mario Milana
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The rotO is a room divider composed of three circular elements that overlap and unfold by rolling. This rotational object creates a dynamic screen, or room divider, that plays with t...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Brass, Steel, Copper

Hippo Screen
By Da A
Located in Milan, IT
A splendid and whimsical piece of functional decor, this screen will enliven both an indoor and outdoor area. Inspired by the friendly image of a hippopotamus, it is exquisitely craf...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Steel

Space Poetry Moss Green Room divider
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Space Poetry is a collection of sculptural objects in which Kiki van Eijk researches the relationship between space and architecture. Her findings are translating into a series of pi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Organic Material

Space Poetry Blue Room divider
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Space Poetry is a collection of sculptural objects in which Kiki van Eijk researches the relationship between space and architecture. Her findings are translating into a series of pi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Organic Material

Henley Street Paravant by Yabu Pushelberg in Nude Oak and Woven Natural Cane
Located in Toronto, ON
This Henley Street Paravant by Yabu Pushelberg in nude brushed ultra matte lacquered oak is paired with woven cane accents. A sustainably sourced soli...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Cane, Oak, Natural Fiber, Rattan

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

DeCastelli Painting Room Divider in Black & Green Color
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A large screen designed as a theatre curtain represents imaginary natural landscapes on both sides: a night sky and the outline of a series of hills. The chromatic variations obtaine...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary 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

Henley Street Paravant by Yabu Pushelberg in Mist Oak and Woven Natural Cane
Located in Toronto, ON
This Henley Street Paravant by Yabu Pushelberg in mist matte lacquered oak is paired with woven cane accents. A sustainably sourced solid French oak frame is hand-hewn by craftsme...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Cane, Oak, Natural Fiber, Rattan

Giovannozzi Home, Partition Wall in Green Marble and Metal Brass Finish, Italy
Located in Tivoli Terme, Roma
Partition wall composed in green marble and metal brass finishing, created by Michele Arcarese Architect together with Giovannozzi. - Slabs in marble ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Marble, Brass

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

Henley Street Paravant by Yabu Pushelberg in Black Oak and Woven Natural Cane
Located in Toronto, ON
This Henley Street Paravant by Yabu Pushelberg in black pepper stained matte oak is paired with woven cane accents. A sustainably sourced solid French...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Cane, Oak, Natural Fiber, Rattan

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

Bisagra Shelve in Steel
Located in London, GB
Bisagra is an polymorphic device for domestic and work environments, a galvanized steel structure composed by 5 frames of 50x190x10cm. Thought as an alternative to partitions walls...
Category

2010s Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Steel

Henley Street Paravant by Yabu Pushelberg in Ivory Oak and Woven Natural Cane
Located in Toronto, ON
This Henley Street Paravant by Yabu Pushelberg in ivory ultra matte lacquered oak is paired with woven cane accents. A sustainably sourced solid Frenc...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Cane, Oak, Natural Fiber, Rattan

Melihat Folding Screen by Larissa Batista
Located in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
Decked out with traditional marquetry woodwork, this folding screen will be the pinnacle of decor to an interior designed room. It’s low positioned mirrors reflects the aesthetic of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood

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

Noviembre VIII Bookcase in Oak Wood, Shelving System by Joel Escalona
Located in Estado de Mexico CP, Estado de Mexico
Noviembre VIII Bookcase in Oak Wood, Shelving System by Joel Escalona The Noviembre collection is inspired by the creative values of Constantin Brancus...
Category

2010s Mexican Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Oak, Wood, Hardwood

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

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.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American 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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