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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Silk, Velvet, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Paper, Wood
2010s Guatemalan Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Cypress
2010s German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Paper, Wood
20th Century American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Unknown Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Egyptian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Rosewood, Reclaimed Wood
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
2010s South American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Aluminum
2010s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rock Crystal, Bronze
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
2010s Chinese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Stainless Steel, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Marble, Brass
Late 20th Century American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
2010s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Chinese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Guatemalan Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Cypress
2010s Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1970s American Vintage Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Silver
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wool, Upholstery, Wood
2010s English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Glass
2010s Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Lebanese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wool, Upholstery, Wood
1990s Swedish Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wool, Upholstery, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Marble, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Mirror, Wood
2010s Panamanian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wool, Upholstery, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Marble, Brass
20th Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
2010s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Portuguese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Chinese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Other
2010s French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Oak, Leather, Textile
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
20th Century American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood





