Panels include decorative strips and are suitable for wall or ceiling coverings, or for use as screens, shades or the like. The panels may be modular panels, for 5 installation with a number of like panels to form a covering. The panels may be configured to disguise the joins between panels so as to approximate, or create the illusion of, a continuous covering. Each panel may include a number of decorative strips and a number of transverse supports supporting the decorative strips.