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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
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
Biombo Contemporary Oak, Natural and Copper-Smoked Glass Floor Mirror Triptych
By ACOOCOORO
Located in Mexico City, MX
Biombo is a generous, flattering, and intimate floor mirror triptych, drawn from the works of Leonardo Cremonini, inhabited by everyday, tumultuous,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Oak, Mirror
"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
Giovannozzi Home, Partition Wall in Portoro Marble and Metal Brass Finish, Italy
Located in Tivoli Terme, Roma
Partition wall composed in black marble type "Portoro" and metal brass finishing, created by Michele Arcarese Architect together with Giovannozzi.
- S...
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
Domestic Jewels Room Divider
Located in Eindhoven, NL
The collection of medieval kitchen tools and herbs becomes a textural Garden of Eden in the layered panels of this stunning room divider. A precious and l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Jacquard
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 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
Dramatic Gilded Silver and Black Lacquer Folding Screen
Located in Highland, IN
This folding screen is visually arresting with a wonderful array of artful designs carved in shallow relief and gilded in silver. The playfulness of the decoration reminds us of Paul...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Silver
Ermes Buffet Cosmopolitan Collection
Located in Milan, IT
Featuring the top, side panels and inner panels in ebony veneer, the captivating Ermes Buffet of the Cosmopolitan Collection makes a grand statement in any traditional or modern dini...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
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 3 Panels Interlock André Fu Living Partition Dividers Bronze New
By André Fu
Located in Admiralty, 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
S2 Screen
Located in Milan, IT
This exquisite screen was crafted by expert artisans as both a functional and decorative object inspired by the Art Deco style. Its elegant silhouette and geometric decorative patter...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Textile
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
Space Poetry Yellow
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
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
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
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
Wooden Screen 4 Panels Interlock André Fu Living Partion Dividers Oak Bronze New
By André Fu
Located in Admiralty, 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
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
'Light Tropics' Wood Screen with Mutlicolor Murano Glass by Hillsideout
Located in Milan, IT
The screen cover “Light tropics” represents a mask which is inspired by a group of indigenous people called the Caduvei. The screen stylizes face painting by using colorful elements ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Limited Edition Sonar Gradient Mirror Screen in Emerald Sapphire by Zieta
By Zieta
Located in New York, NY
Sonar is a modern and artistic look into the question of sharing a space temporary as well as creating a new space from scratch. Polished and colored steel allows creating a unique s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Stainless Steel
Pair of Original Mirror Screens
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Pair of screens in brass and coloured mirrors, geometrical shape
Dimensions : 180 X H 221 cm and 192 x H 214 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
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
Mayfair Lacquered Screen by Ryan Korban
Located in New York, NY
Mayfair screen by Ryan Korban consist of three high gloss lacquered panels with beautiful nickel finished hinges. Each striking screen is handmade in New Y...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Lacquer
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
'Tincture Reflector' Screen by Luuk van den Broek
Located in Copenhagen, DK
About: Based in Eindhoven, Luuk van den Broek is working in the field between art and industrial design. Intuitively looking for the deepest colour, the most logical connection or th...
Category
2010s Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal
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
Collectible Design 'Reflector' Screen by Luuk van den Broek
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Yellow/Black reflector
About: Based in Eindhoven, Luuk van den Broek is working in the field between art and industrial design. Intuitively looking for the deepest colour, the mos...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal
"Accent", Monumental Charcoal on Canvas Painting by Jessica Scott Felder
By Jessica Scott-Felder
Located in Hanover, MA
11 foot by 9 foot frame stretched charcoal on canvas painting by Jessica Scott-Felder titled "Accent" 2009.
Jessica utilizes drawings and installations with antique objects to transform spaces into psychological realms that are suggestive of maternal figures and ancestral and social narratives. Initially, the chairs represented matriarchal presence and have currently expanded to ancestry. Jessica’s work addresses issues in identity, heritage, culture, and society’s rapidly disintegrating connection to the past.
Jessica's grandmother's living room has been a focal point of her work. She is visually exploring the suggestive qualities of furniture placement. Many of the images were derived from “Last Year at Marienbad...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Canvas
Spectacular Trompe L'Oeil Marquetry Screen by Peter Niczewski
By peter niczewski
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A stunning showcase of woodworking virtuosity, Niczewski used this three-panel birch screen as a canvas to create a surrealistic tableau out of wood veneer. Every letter in the newsp...
Category
Late 20th Century English Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Half-Size FSW-6 Screen by Charles and Ray Eames
Located in New York, NY
Half-size FSW-6 screen in ash plywood and canvas. Designed by Charles and Ray Eames and manufactured by Herman Miller, Zeeland, MI, circa 1948. Unmarked.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Canvas, Plywood
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
Lionel Jadot and Zaventem Ateliers, Spin Love, BE
By Lionel Jadot
Located in New York, NY
Bringing together 15 of Europe’s most exceptional artisans working across the design spectrum, Jadot has spearheaded the creation of an extraordinary mixed-media, multi-functional object in the form of an unique ping pong table, titled “Spin Love.” In addition to its recreational use, "Spin Love" can be divided with each table top elevated to serve as a double-sided room divider or screen, with a matching pair of standing floor lamps. One of the most ambitious works of decorative arts today, “Spin Love” connects the talents of the idiosyncratic, visionary artists that make up Zaventem Ateliers. Jadot is the mastermind behind Zaventem, an experimental artist workspace accommodating 32 separate workshops dedicated to the production and transformation of materials, allowing a group of exceptional craftsmen working in ceramics, leather, metal, marble, textiles, and wood to collaborate, experiment, and inspire one another. As a physical representation of the ingenuity and creative drive housed within the walls of Zaventem Ateliers, “Spin Love” asserts their commitment to old world craftsmanship, free thinking, and modern innovation.
In conceiving “Spin Love” Jadot aimed to create a work where visionary design and idiosyncratic craftsmanship meets the already collaborative energy, humor and playfulness he had amassed within Zaventem. Each individual element, from the mixed media table tops to the unique ping pong paddles, showcases the height of the artists’ specific expertise.
The double sided clover-shaped table top can be divided into two separate tables, each with the ability to be raised to stand upright, acting as a dual-faced screen allowing for four distinct visual options.One bifurcated table half features black and white geometrically patterned leather collages from Niyona, a French custom leather design company. Its corresponding half is composed of precious wood marquetry work by Alexandre Lowie with a steel star detail jewelry designer by Luna Lotta. The second table is composed of an integration of metalwork by Maison Jonckers and textiles from Studio Krjst enclosed within poured resin. On one side each artist’s work is tessellated into a tightly controlled pattern. Flipping the table over reveals an expressive and chaotic assemblage of patterns and textures.
The freestanding, movable lamps...
Category
2010s Belgian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Marble, Metal
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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