on February 11th, 2009 by firefly
The fashion for 18th century Swedish furniture was set at court and then filtered down to the homes of ordinary people. King Gustav III was inspired by the interiors of the court of Louis XVI and when returned from France to Stockholm in 1771, he brought drawings, models and objet d’art. He soon acquired gilded chairs and adorned his walls with towering gilded mirrors. The wealthy would ape the grand style of the King while the middle classes settled for a less opulent, painted style.
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