Expressionist Screens and Room Dividers

This striking four-panel folding screen, crafted in mid-20th-century China, marries graphic modernity with timeless decorative motifs. Each panel’s upper edge undulates to create a sculptural, multi-level silhouette, while the deep black lacquer ground provides a dramatic backdrop for the carefully rendered scene. Two graceful cranes—painted in soft whites with red-tipped crowns—stand poised in concentric gold-line ripples, their long legs and outstretched wings rendered in subtly shaded brushwork that conveys both strength and serenity. Surrounding the birds, abstract reeds and ribbon-like forms sweep across the panels in gradients of teal, lavender, and gold, suggesting stylized waterways and wind-blown foliage. Unobtrusive brass hinges allow the screen to extend into a full, bold arc or collapse flat for easy storage. Measuring approximately 80½″ high by 80½″ wide overall, it is substantial enough to define a seating area, screen an entryway, or serve as a moody focal wall. Surface wear—including fine lacquer crazing and minor scuffs—speaks to decades of use and imbues the piece with authentic vintage character. Whether displayed in a minimalist loft, an Art Deco–inspired interior, or alongside antique furnishings, this black-lacquer heron screen...

Yosemite is a Contemporary 4 Panel Folding Screen, designed by the Portuguese Architecture & Interior Design Studio Ding Dong. The screen has 2 ...

This beautiful room divider is comprised of three hinged panels each crafted of 4 squares of pergamino. It is a warm neutral to enhance your décor.

Marie Suri The "Constellation" fire screen Fire screen with scattered 2.5” and 4” steel medallions with bronze decoration. Mesh backing makes these ...

Handsome bamboo rattan folding three-panel dressing screen or room divider featuring a mirrored back. Hand-crafted by McGuire in the California organic...

This is an antique pole screen, early Victorian fire screen, circa 1840. Raised on a robust rosewood Stand with good colour and grain interest...

A French Renaissance Revival folding three-panel screen with hand-painted Grotesque motifs and inset glass from the 19th century. Reminding us of motifs that one would see on the ceiling of the Uffizi gallery in Florence, this French painted screen...

This grand four-panel room divider by Maitland Smith unfolds as a theatrical fresco—a neoclassical trompe-l’œil mural rendered in lush, hand-painted detail. When poised in its gently...

Decorative & Breathtaking! This hand painted art nouveau fire screen from france 1900. The screen is not just a screen but also a piece of art....

An antique and gorgeous pair of fireplace doors manufactured in Austria, circa 1900. The doors are made of a thin metal grid which are decorated with ...

Magnificent vintage Chinese 8 panel coromandel folding screen or room divider with gilded & hand painted intaglio designs & patinated brass hinges &...

A vibrant floral composition enlivens this four-panel folding screen, crafted in black lacquer over wood. The design evokes a painterly botanical study, with delicate flower stems cl...