Folding screen

The Spanish Wall (also known as screen or French Screen [ Parava ː ] ) is a collapsible and everywhere deployable wall which serves to protect against wind on balconies and gardens, against flying sparks from stoves or even in rooms as screens or separating element.

It consists of single connected with hinges frame ( Leporello), which are covered with fabric or wallpaper and contribute more or less artistic embellishments. It allows you to easily take any curvature and can be flexibly installed or removed.

History

Contrary to what its name suggests, the Spanish wall was not invented as a room divider in Spain but comes from China. In the local architecture, it is still widespread today. Originally served the Spanish Wall in China as a windbreak - first specimens found to date back to the Han Dynasty (206 BC to 220 AD). In Japan, it took over the function of the Screens and added his own design.

From Asia, the room divider came to Europe, especially to France. In the French and a little later in the Spanish royal families often richly decorated room divider served as a screen for nobles who were dressing behind the protection of the Spanish wall or there defecated. The wooden frame of the partition walls was mostly covered with rich fabrics such as brocade or velvet and decorated with artistic paintings.

Today the Spanish Wall is part of the design element of modern interior design. Non-woven, paper, or wallpaper can be used for covering mostly. There is also a room divider made entirely of wood or bamboo. The latter types are particularly weather resistant and are therefore suitable as a screen outside, for example in the garden or on the balcony. Depending on the function, which is to fulfill the folding screen - as a room divider or as a screen - it is available in different sizes and different transparency. They are found in specialized online trading, home improvement stores and well-stocked stores.