Gustavian

Swedish Neoclassicism under Gustav III: straight lines, antique ornament and light, grey-painted furniture.

The excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum made antiquity fashionable throughout Europe. In Sweden Neoclassicism was named after Gustav III, who reigned from 1771 to 1792.

Gustavian chairs and tables were made for a long time, also in the provinces and well into the nineteenth century. A Gustavian style does not therefore always mean that an object is from the eighteenth century.

Straight, tapering legs with fluting – grooves along their length

Oval or round medallions in the back

Beading, laurel wreaths and rosettes

Light grey painted surfaces

• Tiled stove
• Commode by Georg Haupt
• Gustavian chair
• Gustavian chandelier
• Tin soldiers
• Bifocal spectacles
• Gustavian candlestick
• Gustavian mirror
• Haga Park
• Réveillon arabesque wallpaper
• Gustavian mantel clock
• Lorgnette
• Gustav III’s Pavilion