Pair Of Swedish Gustavian Side Tables
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Side Tables
Wood, Paint
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Side Tables
Pine, Paint
Antique Late 18th Century Side Tables
Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Side Tables
Wood, Paint
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Side Tables
Wood, Paint
Early 2000s Swedish Gustavian Side Tables
Brass
Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Side Tables
Mahogany
20th Century Swedish Gustavian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Gustavian End Tables
Brass
Antique 1830s Swedish Gustavian Console Tables
Pine
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Console Tables
Pine
Vintage 1960s Swedish Gustavian End Tables
Serpentine, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Gustavian Demi-lune Tables
Wood, Paint
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Gustavian Commodes and Chests of D...
Brass
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Demi-lune Tables
Pine, Paint
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Serving Tables
Metal, Bronze
Early 2000s European Gustavian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Gustavian Demi-lune Tables
Wood, Paint
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Wood
Early 2000s North American Gustavian Console Tables
Wood
Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Wood
Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Demi-lune Tables
Wood, Pine, Paint
Antique Late 18th Century Danish Rococo End Tables
Wood
Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Night Stands
Brass
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Pine
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Night Stands
Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Pine
Antique 19th Century Gustavian Cabinets
Pine, Paint
20th Century French Provincial Stools
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century North American Neoclassical Revival Architectu...
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century American Neoclassical Revival Architectural El...
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Side Tables
Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Demi-lune Tables
Pine
Vintage 1910s Swedish Neoclassical Console Tables
Wood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Swedish Gustavian Demi-lune Tables
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Bergere Chairs
Wood
Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Side Tables
Wood
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Side Tables
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century Swedish Side Tables
Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Side Tables
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Side Tables
Wood, Paint
20th Century Swedish Gustavian Side Tables
Paint, Pine
Antique 19th Century Swedish Side Tables
Wood, Paint
Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Side Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Side Tables
Brass
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Side Tables
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century European Gustavian Side Tables
Pine
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Side Tables
Mahogany
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Side Tables
Pine
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Side Tables
Paint, Wood
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Side Tables
Wood, Paint
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Side Tables
Pine, Paint
Antique 19th Century Side Tables
Wood, Paint
Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Side Chairs
Wood, Upholstery
Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Side Chairs
Linen, Wood
Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Gueridon
Wood
Antique 1890s Swedish Gustavian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Pine
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A Close Look at gustavian Furniture
With clean lines and muted colors, antique Gustavian furniture is understated and elegant. It represents a more restrained version of the transition from Rococo to neoclassicism that was happening in France under Louis XVI. The style developed under Swedish King Gustav III, who reigned from 1771 until his assassination in 1792, and his son Gustav IV, who ruled until 1809. Although Gustavian furniture is mostly used to refer to pale painted cabinets, commodes, armchairs and other items, it involved a range of influences.
Gustavian-style furniture was inspired by discoveries at Pompeii and Herculaneum as well as the grandeur of European palaces like Versailles, with local softwoods such as pine and birch. There was also an emphasis on natural light; crystal chandeliers and large mirrors played a role in radiating the fleeting daylight of winter, giving it a distinctive aesthetic.
Where earlier furniture was curvy and florid, this new era was more architectural, with tapered and fluted legs and rectangular and oval shapes. Luminous gilt contrasted with the palette of soft blues on upholstery and painted surfaces. Leading furniture builders included Gottlieb Iwersson, Louis Masreliez and Erik Öhrmark. The latter, a French-born Swedish decorator, designed the Sulla chair, a seat that was demonstrative of technical skill and precise craftsmanship and drew on Greek klismos chairs. Masreliez’s Sulla chair was made by Öhrmark and featured decorative ornamentation produced by Jean-Baptiste Masreliez, Louis’s younger brother.
While the wealthy had furniture carved with neoclassical details like scallops and rosettes, more affordable options were adorned with faux finishes that mimicked marble and stenciled patterns. The simple elegance of Gustavian furniture would have a long impact on Swedish design, informing the 20th-century appreciation for function and form. In the 1950s, IKEA mass-produced copies of a Gustavian commode designed by cabinetmaker Georg Haupt, who created pieces for the Royal Palace, making the furniture a fixture of everyday Swedish life.
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