Screen: A piece of home decor that blocks the line of sight

A four-panel floor screen, 1.8 meters high, each panel 500mm wide, connected by brass hinges allowing free angular folding. The surface material is hand-painted silk or lacquer panels with gold leaf, and the pattern spans all four panels continuously, so the complete painting is only visible when fully unfolded; when folded, the pattern is broken into segments, creating new compositions. The back is plain silk, equally refined. The wooden frame is dark solid wood, with an extremely thin profile. The screen is not against the wall but placed diagonally in the space to define an area. The image shows it folded into a W shape. Avoid: patterns being independent on each panel, the back being carelessly treated, the screen leaning against the wall as a decorative panel, the frame being thick.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一座四扇的落地屏風,高 1.8 公尺,每扇寬 500mm,以銅鉸鏈相接可以自由折出角度。面材是手繪的絹或貼了金箔的漆板,圖案跨越四扇連續,因此必須全部展開才看得到完整的畫;折起來時圖案被打斷成幾段,反而產生新的構圖。背面是素色的絹,一樣講究。木框是深色的實木,斷面極細。屏風不靠牆,而是斜放在空間中界定一塊區域。畫面呈現折成 W 形的狀態。避免:圖案在每扇上各自獨立、背面草率處理、屏風靠牆當作裝飾板、框做粗。