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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 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
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Marble, Brass
1990s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Jacquard
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Textile
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Mirror
2010s Chinese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1990s British Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Steel
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel
2010s Chinese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
1970s American Vintage Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Silver
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Lacquer
20th Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
1950s French Vintage Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Paper, Wood
2010s Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
20th Century Dominican Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Hemp, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Glass, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
2010s Canadian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
20th Century French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood, Rope
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 2000s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas
Early 20th Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Rosewood, Reclaimed Wood
Mid-20th Century German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Plywood
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Nickel
2010s Belgian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood