Gustavian Furniture
GUSTAVIAN STYLE
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.
Find a collection of antique Gustavian seating, tables, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Item Ships From: Europe
Style: Gustavian
Rare Gustavian Tray Table with Öland Limestone Top
Located in Kastrup, DK
Gustavian tray table with Öland limestone top
A rare and decorative table with a blue-painted base and an apron adorned with floral and foliate carvings.
The legs are fluted and embe...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Limestone
Mid 19th century painted Swedish water canteen
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 19th century painted Swedish water carrier circa 1860.
Although we have seen many of these on our travels this one without doubt is the best. In original blue/green paint, clea...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine, Paint
19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Cabinet with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish antique Gustavian corner cabinet from Umeå Västerbotten, Northern Sweden.
Beautifully reeded doors.
Scraped by gentle hand to its well preserved original color...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
Antique Swedish Rustic Gustavian Pedestal Table with Distressed Original Paint
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish antique pedestal table from the early 1800s in gustavian style. The table has a square table top on a pedestal with three elongated legs. Made in solid pine in northern Swede...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
Glass Cabinet Painted In Grey From 1810s
Located in Lejre, DK
Glass cabinet with beautiful gray painted decoration from the Gustavian period 1810. The cabinet has a large drawer at the bottom and 4 large interior shelves with lots of storage sp...
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1810s Danish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint
Late Gustavian Chair with original paint, Sweden 1850’s.
Located in Valby, 84
Original painted chair in a classic late gustavian style by a Swedish cabinetmaker in the 1850’s.
The chair is a perfect piece in any style of interior from a classic antique style o...
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1850s Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wool, Wood, Paint
Large 19th Century Swedish Period Gustavian Buffet
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
A large 19th Century Swedish, period Gustavian buffet.
Featuring galleried top below a run of four doors with carved reeded design, opening to shelf storage.
Repainted in a soft bl...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Scandinavian Chest of Six Drawers Gustavian Swedish Karl Johan 1840 Pine
Located in London, GB
An extremely rare, hugely impressive, sizeable and strikingly attractive antique Scandinavian stripped pine chest in lovely antique condition with six lockable drawers and original k...
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1840s Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
Rare Antique Swedish Gustavian Period Corner Cabinet with Authentic Glass Doors
Located in Kramfors, SE
Rare gustavian period corner cabinet with glass doors from Sweden made during the 1790s. The cabinet is made by hand in solid pine into two parts. Made during the transition period b...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
20th Century Black Painted Display Bookcase Glazed Cabinet
Located in Kvidinge, SE
A gorgeous Bookcase Display with two glazed cabinet doors
Painted and refinished in a black with a delicate hint of red under and distress for an authentic antique feel
The inside i...
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20th Century Swedish Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th Century Swedish genuine Gustavian buffet with original paint
Located in Boden, SE
A late Gustavian antique buffet/ sideboard 1850-1870
A magnificent genuine sideboard that has never been repainted.
Beautiful top with marble paint.
Superb quality piece which would ...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Style Secretary / Writing Desk - Painted
Located in Kvidinge, SE
Swedish Gustavian Secretary / Writing Desk from early 19th century
A rectangular top sitting above a slant front desk opening to reveal a gray painted interior and multiple smal draw...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th Century Unusual Swedish Blue Country Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Unusual Swedish country table in gustavian style. The table is a country house furniture from the early 1800s made in gustavian style. The period...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
Antique Limed Oak Gustavian Style Urn Back Carver or Armchair. C.1920
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
An elegant Gustavian style carver or armchair
A lovely shell inspired carved detail on the top rail
It has been recently limed to enhance the beautiful grain in the wood.
The seat...
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1920s English Vintage Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Burlap, Oak
$660 Sale Price
40% Off
19th Century Gustavian Style One Door Cabinet
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
19th Century Gustavian Style One Door Cabinet,
1820, Sweden
Oak wood, Painted
One Door Cabinet with one drawer above in Gustavian Style.
Condition:
This piece of furniture is in ve...
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1820s Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Oak
Small Size 18th Century Gustavian Commode
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian commode.
For those sourcing a decorative commode to fit that smaller space, this is the piece.
Small decorative and functional storage with three ...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Gustavian Barrel Back Chairs
Located in Allerum, SE
Fine early 19th century Gustavian barrel back armchairs in their original condition. Attributed to master chair maker Ephraim Sthal (1767-1820) Supplier to the Royal Court and one of...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
$15,000 / set
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Chess Game Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Gustavian game table from Sweden made during the late 18th century, around 1790. The table is painted pine with the original light coloured paint. The paint has notable distress which causes the pine underneath to shine trough causing the unmistakable antique patina. The underside of the table top is painted like a chess board. They would flip the table top when playing and the pieces would comfortably fit in the space underneath.
The table also has extendable light...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
Mora Clock
Located in Crowthorne, Surrey
Swedish Mora clock from the 1960's in original colour and gold detailing. Hand carved detail ad hand painted floral decoration. Working Longcase clock mechanism of pendulum and 2 wei...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
$2,400
18th Century Set Six Swedish Chairs Gustavian Period
By Melchior Lundberg
Located in Madrid, ES
A set of six elegant and exceptional Swedish chairs from the Gustavian period, two of which are marked by Melchior Lundberg, a chairmaker in Stockholm (1714-1816). Woodcut decoration...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
$11,913 / set
Antique Swedish Low and Wide Gustavian Sideboard with Original Faux Paint
Located in Kramfors, SE
Wide and low gustavian sideboard from Northern Sweden made circa 1810-1820. The sideboard is in untouched original condition with original paint from the early 1800s. It is unusually low and wide...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
Swedish 19th century painted pine cupboard
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Swedish 19th century painted pine cupboard circa 1870.
Superb quality piece which would function well in multiple rooms such as a kitchen, bedroom or linen room. This piece would s...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine, Paint
Pair of unique Swedish late 18th century chairs rough linen sittings Gustavian
Located in Forest, BE
Unique Swedish wooden chairs made of massive wood around the end of the 1700 (1780/90). Lots of history, patina and traces of time. Very good cond...
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1780s Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Linen, Birch
Swedish Gustavian Faux Marble Painted Console Table
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A light grey painted Gustavian painted with faux marble original imitation painting on the top. The Swedish console table with brass hardware on the front is from around 1800-1820 an...
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Early 1800s Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$1,500 Sale Price
20% Off
antique swedish gustavian corner cabinet 18th century
Located in Kiel, SH
Swedish Period Gustavian painted wood corner cabinet, circa 1770-1780. This Swedish late 18th century antique corner cabinet features a curvy bow front shape, with recessed upper cab...
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18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Desk with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish Gustavian desk from Lulea Norrbotten, Northern Sweden.
A beautiful desk with nice propotion & fine condition.
Untouched base, the top is scraped and washed to it...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
Pair of 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Style Chests
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Pair of early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian style chest of drawers.
With nice carved detail, re-painted with faux marbled painted tops. Good heavy quality.
Circa 1900.
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Early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
Black Painted Gustavian Chest of 3 Drawers, Sweden Early 19th Century
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Swedish Gustavian 1840s Black Painted and Carved Three-Drawer Chest With Faux Marble Top.
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Brass
$2,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Bridal Mora Clock
Located in Crowthorne, Surrey
Rare bridal mora clock (Angermanlandsbrud) from the 1800s. The body of the clock with carving details was made to resemble a brides dress. Original mechani...
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Early 1800s Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Birch
$12,000
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Neoclassic Light Grey Sideboard
Located in Kramfors, SE
Light grey gustavian neoclassic sideboard from the late 1700s, 1790 to 1800, from Northern Sweden. The sideboard is in the classic model with typical decor and straight shape. The Sw...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
Haga, Gustavian Style Armchair
Located in Allerum, SE
Limited edition reproductions by D. Larsson, inspired by the finest 18th - 19th-century Swedish furniture.
HAGA, a fine reproduction Gustavian barrel back armchair is influenced by ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Beech
$2,080 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Antique Northern Swedish Painted Gustavian Sideboard
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Swedish gustavian sideboard from Northern Sweden. The sideboard is a genuine antique country house furniture that was made around 1820....
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Table in Original Paint
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
19th Century Gustavian table from from Umea, Vasterbotten, Sweden.
With decorative carved detailing and original soft grey white paint.
Circa 1820.
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Antique Swedish Gustavian Writing Table / Desk Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish Gustavian desk from Umeå Västerbotten, Northern Sweden.
A high-class & beautiful desk with wood-cut details & beautiful tapered legs.
The beautifully cut leave...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Side Table Dry Scraped to Original Paint
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
19th Century Swedish Gustavian side table, dry scraped to original paint.
With large deep storage drawer and decorative reeded diamond design.
Circa 1840.
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
C1900s Gustavian style mahogany side tables
Located in London, GB
A pair of nice mahogany veneer side tables in the gustavian taste.
Round with pieced brass edge and four tapered legs, with cross stretcher below. These smart and useful tables woul...
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1890s Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Cabinet Gustavian Swedish Original Paint Greenish Yellow, 18th Century, Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Cabinet Gustavian Swedish original paint greenish yellow 18th century Sweden. A cabinet made during the 18th century in Sweden. Glassed doors ...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Swedish Gustavian Painted Sideboard Buffet Commode White C.1850
Located in Lewes, England
Circa 1850 antique Swedish Gustavian White painted Sideboard Buffet commode in gustavian style with classic Gustavian ribbing detail on the door front and on the 2 drawers.
It has p...
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
$3,134 Sale Price
61% Off
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian White Country Drop Leaf Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Northern Swedish gustavian country console table. The table is a Swedish country house furniture from the early 19th century, 1810 to 1820, and it’s an unusual model. The table top h...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
Gustavian inspired 19th century Swedish pine bench
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Gustavian inspired 19th century Swedish pine bench circa 1890.
Elegant painted pine bench from the late 19th century, very much in the taste of the gustavian period.
Upright back w...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine, Paint
19th century swedish genuine rustic country Gustavian table with a drawer
Located in Boden, SE
The rustic, worn Gustavian square table from a farm in Västerbotten in Skellefteå is truly a gem. Its square shape and the shelf underneath give it a practical yet charming touch. It...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
18th Century Gustavian Buffet
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
18th Century Swedish Gustavian buffet dating to 1780.
110cm Gallery height and 103cm front height.
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18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Swedish Gustavian Giltwood Console Table with Lyre and Marble Top, 1800s.
Located in Asaa, DK
Swedish Gustavian Giltwood Console Table with Lyre and Marble Top, 1800s.
Exceptional Scandinavian late gustavian console table manufactured in Sweden between 1790 and 1820 by a mas...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair of Swedish Gustavian Gueridon Wood Side Lamp Tables
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Swedish Pair of Gustavian Painted Side Lamp Tables
A fantastic pair of painted wood side tables from the early 19th Century, with sc...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
$1,680 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Gustavian / Louis XVI Table in Pine with Original Coral Painted
Located in Kastrup, DK
Beautiful and refined Gustavian / Louis XVI table in pine, carefully scraped to reveal its original coral-colored paint with an attractive patina.
The tabletop has a profiled edge a...
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Early 19th Century Danish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
Rococo Style Mora Clock 1700's
Located in Crowthorne, Surrey
Rococo longcase Mora Clock dated 1777 by Anders Swensson with original decorative paint detailing. Carved detailing to crown. Working Longcase clock mechanism of pendulum and 2 weigh...
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Early 18th Century European Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Three Swedish Gustavian Chairs with Untouched Originalpaint
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century three Swedish Gustavian chairs with untouched originalpaint from Boden Norrbotten,Northern Sweden.
Pleasent charming model with unusually fine hand carved urn in the ba...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Table with Originalpaint Swedish Antiques
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish Gustavian table from Boden Norrbotten,Northern Sweden.
Nice little neat table scraped by hand to its origina...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
Gustavian Column Cabinet, 1810
Located in Ljungby, SE
A late Gustavian column cabinet from 1810. The cabinet features crowned, profiled cornices. Each side is adorned with blue-painted Medusa heads. It opens with the accompanying key, r...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Gustavian Swedish Sideboard
Located in Kvidinge, SE
Swedish Gustavian sideboard
The sideboard is painted in pink and the inside in antique white,
Both in an old traditional scandinavian way with fantastic patina.
The sideboard has tr...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Desk with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish Gustavian desk from Umeå Västerbotten, Northern Sweden.
Nice Gustavian Desk scraped to its original paint.
The table has a lovely blue color.
Reeded legs.
Marble...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
Pair of 19th century Swedish carved gilt armchairs
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Pair of 19th century Swedish gilt and ebonised armchairs circa 1860.
Pair of fine quality shaped back gilt armchairs. Unusual shaped back with ebonised leaf detailing contrasting wi...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Beech, Giltwood
Swedish Gustavian Centre Mirror Carved Dressing Table Early 20th Century White
Located in Lewes, England
Antique Swedish Gustavian single mirror carved dressing table in later white paint with 2 pedestal cabinets with carved motifs.
It has the origi...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
$3,809 Sale Price
30% Off
Swedish Gustavian Style Painted Pinewood Desk Console Table
Located in Madrid, ES
Swedish Gustavian style hand carved pinewood painted console, desk table with simple drawer and clasical hardwarwe, painted in light grey typical Scandenavian taste. the top is paint...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Display Cabinet, Gustavian Style, Sweden, C. 1840
Located in Kastrup, DK
Display cabinet in two parts.
Upper part with pair of slatted glass doors with inside Pompeii red color.
Below top list with tooth cut. Lower part drawer with diamond-shaped fillin...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Glass, Pine
19th Century Swedish Painted Pine Cupboard Storage Original Grey Rustic Finish
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
An original, late 19th Century Swedish painted pine cupboard in superb original condition. Lovely detailing, with ogee moulding to the top, diamond motif pillars leading to moulded f...
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1890s Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine, Paint
Swedish Painted Desk with Five Carved Reeded Drawers, Gustavian Style
Located in Kvidinge, SE
A Swedish five drawer desk from early 20th century in Gustavian style
The desk is painted in green and the top in black,
Both in an old traditional scandinavian way with fantastic pa...
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Early 1900s Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
$1,588 Sale Price
20% Off
Charming Swedish Gustavian Shaving Mirror, Transition Style, 1770s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Charming Swedish Gustavian Shaving Mirror, Transition Style, 1770s
A charming Gustavian shaving mirror from Sweden, dating to the 1770s, retaining parts of its original painted sur...
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1770s Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
Mid 19th century Swedish painted long case clock
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 19th century Swedish decorative column long case clock circa 1837.
Beautiful long case clock from Sweden. Made with a decorative fluted column which forms a demi lune shape. Clo...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Antique Swedish Genuine Tall Red Painted Gustavian Country Chest of Drawers
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish country house chest of drawers in gustavian style. The chest of drawers is a Swedish country house furniture from between 1820 and 1830. Made in the classic gustavian straigh...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
Gustavian furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Gustavian furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets, seating, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, softwood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Gustavian furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, Scandinavia, and Sweden pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Ephraim Stahl, Hendrix Allardyce, Hans-Agne Jakobsson, and Jonas Frisk. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $50 and tops out at $49,500 while the average work can sell for $4,473.
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