Screen Doors: A Whole Row Can Be Removed

A whole row of隔扇門 (geshanmen, partition doors). Four to six doors of the same size are arranged side by side to form an entire wall; each door is slender and elongated, with the upper two-thirds being a translucent openwork infill—a pattern of fine wooden lattice strips forming a 'step-by-step brocade' or 'ice-crack' design, backed with translucent paper or frosted glass; the lower third is a solid skirt panel with a simple, shallow relief; in the middle, there is a horizontal cross-panel. All partition doors can be completely removed, allowing the wall to be fully opened to merge two spaces into one. In the picture, two doors have been removed and are leaning nearby, revealing transparent openings. The wood is dark hardwood. Avoid: making the partition doors fixed and non-removable, reversing the upper and lower proportions, using clear glass that loses the translucent layering, or making the lattice strips thick and robust.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一整排的隔扇門。四到六扇同樣尺寸的門並排構成整面牆;每一扇的比例狹長,上半部約三分之二是通透的格心——細木櫺條組成的步步錦或冰裂圖案,背後糊著半透明的紙或裝著磨砂玻璃;下半部是實心的裙板,上有一塊簡潔的淺浮雕;中間有一道橫向的絛環板。所有的隔扇都可以整片卸下,因此這道牆可以完全打開讓兩個空間合而為一。畫面中有兩扇已被取下靠在旁邊,露出通透的開口。木料是深色硬木。避免:把隔扇做成固定不可拆卸、讓上下的比例顛倒、使用清玻璃失去半透明的層次、把櫺條做得粗壯。