paper screen

Translucent folding partition

A paper screen is a lightweight room divider or decorative panel made with paper stretched over a frame, common in East Asian interior design: The shoji paper screen filtered soft light into the room.

Paper screens can also refer to projection surfaces or, figuratively, to flimsy barriers that offer only the appearance of separation or privacy.

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translucent · lattice · traditional Japanese · sliding · Japanese · tea house · lantern · soft glow · diffused · filtered light · light · shadow · shadow play · delicate · bamboo · frame · fold · privacy

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Opposites
material solidity/permanence

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Stacked masonry partition

stone wall · concrete wall · load-bearing wall · steel barrier · reinforced concrete

transparency/visibility

paper screenglass wall

Transparent vertical divider

window

transparency and light transmission

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Opaque window covering

blank wall · closed door

Family

paper, screen, papers, papered, papering, papery, paperwork, paperback, screens

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G