Vintage French Four-Panel Hammered Iron Folding Screen with Pleated Fabric
A four-panel French folding screen sourced in France, where function leans into something more expressive—structure softened by movement, and utility shaped by hand.
The frame is worked in hammered iron, each line carrying the slight irregularity of its making. The uprights rise with a gentle wavering tension, meeting at scrolling forms across the top that feel almost botanical, but not quite. They twist and extend with a sense of ease—playful, slightly surreal, like a drawing carried into space.
It’s here that the piece shifts. Less about partition, more about presence. The iron isn’t rigid; it moves.
Below, gathered textile panels fall in soft vertical pleats, suspended within the frame. The fabric introduces a quiet counterpoint—light, rhythmic, and slightly translucent. It filters rather than blocks, allowing the screen to shape a space without fully closing it off.
Each panel folds inward with ease, allowing the piece to adapt—fully extended across a room or drawn in more tightly. It doesn’t need to span a wide space to have impact; even partially opened, it holds its own.
Rooted in the tradition of French artisan ironwork, it reflects a way of making where furniture edges into sculpture.
DIMENSIONS: 74"W x 1"D x 76.75"H
ORIGIN: France
PERIOD: 20th Century
MATERIALS: Fabric, Iron
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