folding screen
Hinged panel barrier
A folding screen is a freestanding piece of furniture made of hinged panels that can be opened to divide a space or provide privacy, then collapsed for storage.
The panels are typically covered in fabric, paper, or decorative material: She changed clothes behind a folding screen.
East Asian folding screens often feature painted scenes or calligraphy.
Glossy protective coating
- paintedCoated with pigment
- hand-paintedDecorated by brush personally
- embroideredOrnamented with sewn designs
- carvedCut to create form
inlaid · silk · brocade · scrollwork · landscape · floral · gilded · ornate
Barrier separating spaces
- privacyFreedom from observation
- separationState of being apart
- modularMade of separable units
- freestandingNot attached to anything
portable · movable · collapsible · expandable · adjustable · flexible · temporary · rearrangeable
lacquer
Glossy protective coating
- paintedCoated with pigment
- hand-paintedDecorated by brush personally
- embroideredOrnamented with sewn designs
carved · inlaid · silk · brocade · scrollwork · landscape · floral · gilded · ornate · antique
partition
Barrier separating spaces
- privacyFreedom from observation
- separationState of being apart
- modularMade of separable units
freestanding · portable · movable · collapsible · expandable · adjustable · flexible · temporary · rearrangeable · sectioning
panel
Distinct flat section
wood · bamboo · fabric · paper · canvas · lattice · triptych · polyptych · bifold · concertina
byobu
Japanese hinged partition
Korean · calligraphy · tatami · ukiyo-e · sumi-e · washi · Ming · dynasty · meditation · zen
- room dividerspartition wall, movable wall, privacy wall, glass partition, hinged panels
- furniturebed, beds, chair, chairs, table
- dividersdivider, partition, separator, wall, barrier
- foldablescamp chair, beach chair, lawn chair, director's chair, deck chair
- Edo Japanshogun, samurai, shogunate, daimyo, Tokugawa
- accent furnitureaccent table, accent chair, side table, end table, console table
folding screenopen floor plan
Interior without dividing walls
open space · load-bearing wall · picture window · open · exposed
folding screenopen
Not closed
exposed · public · visible · unobstructed view · transparency
folding screenload-bearing wall
Wall supporting overhead weight
brick wall · stone wall · concrete wall · partition wall · masonry
screen, fold, unfold, folder, folding, folded, folds, unfolding, refold