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.
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Style: Gustavian
Classic Louis XV Style Midnight blue Chests with marble top
Located in Crowthorne, Surrey
Gustavian Hauptbyrå with marble slab and frame in midnight blue. Marble slab has the same finish as the midnight blue of the chest. Fine original fittings in solid brass.
Width: 76c...
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1950s European Vintage Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Barrel Back Chairs
Located in San Angelo, TX
A gorgeous and unique pair of late 18th Century Swedish barrel backs from the Gustavian period that have been dry scrapped and then had a recent paint touch up with grays and white h...
Category
Late 18th Century European Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Linen, Wood, Paint
$12,500 / set
Period Antique Swedish Gustavian White Painted Four-Drawer Chest
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rare period Gustavian chest of drawers in remarkable condition. Very well-crafted, layers of paint from the last two centuries add immense character. We are happy to restore any of t...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
French Distressed Ivory Color Mirror with Gilt Decoration 48.5" h x 33.75" w
Located in Atlanta, GA
French Distressed Ivory Color Mirror with Gilt Decoration, France, 20th Century. It measures 48.5" height x 33.75" width.
Category
20th Century French Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Gustavian Style Console Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant Gustavian Style Console Table, probably American, circa 20th Century. Beautiful distressed paint finish. It is a versatile size and can be used as a console or sofa table, or...
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20th Century American Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
$2,850 / item
Gustavian Hand Painted and Gilt Mirror
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant Gustavian Style Mirror with Hand Painted and Gilt Decoration, believed to be from the Netherlands (as the Netherlands flag is painted at the top), circa 20th Century. Retains...
Category
20th Century Dutch Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Country Swedish Gustavian Center Table Painted by Ira Yeager
By Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming 19th century country Swedish center table or rent table finished in the Gustavian taste. The round drum form pedestal table features a painted case decorated with a bust of ...
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Brass
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...
Category
1820s Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Oak
Biedermeier Antique Mora Clock Swedish Natural French Polish 1800s 210cm
Located in Lewes, England
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Late 18th Century Gustavian Sofa
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Fantastic late 18th century Gustavian sofa.
This lovely sofa has a great carved form which has been newly upholstered with simple ...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Swedish Gustavian Style Cabinet or Buffet, late 19th Century
Located in South Salem, NY
Immerse yourself in the timeless elegance of late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian style with this exquisite cabinet. Crafted from painted pine wood, it exudes understated sophisticati...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
Swedish Gustavian Style 1860s Painted Wood Three-Drawer Chest with Carved Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style painted wood chest from the mid 19th century, with three drawers, raised top and carved motifs. Created in Sweden during the third quarter of the 19th centu...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th c. Swedish Gustavian Sofa or Settee with Lion Heads in Original Paint
Located in Wichita, KS
A beautiful 19th century Swedish barrel back sofa settee in the Gustavian style, newly upholstered in linen, circa 1890. Hand scraped to reveal the original paint. The frame features...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Linen, Wood, Paint
Sideboard Swedish Gustavian
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Swedish Gustavian style Sideboard. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
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1950s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Unusual Northern Swedish Gustavian Country Pine Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Northern Swedish country pine table in gustavian style. The table is a rare example and has a large centered drawer and straight tapered legs with flutes. Hand made and in genuine un...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
18th c. Swedish Gustavian Sofa Bench or Settee in Original Paint, Johan Lindgren
Located in Wichita, KS
A fine, period Gustavian sofa or settee from Stockholm, hand-scraped to the original paint, and newly upholstered with nail head trim, circa 1780. There are rosettes on the leg posts...
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Linen, Wood, Paint
Pair of Swedish Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Swedish armchairs. Vintage pair of Gustavian style painted open-arm chairs with neoclassical details; recovered in camel silk velvet with matching silk cotton piping; carved...
Category
20th Century European Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Wood, Giltwood
$10,400 / set
Swedish Style Sideboard with Drawers
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Custom made Swedish style enfilade with 3 drawers and canted cupboards. This can be made to your size and paint color.
Dimensions:
77 inc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
$3,590 / item
Swedish Gustavian Style 1860s Painted Three-Drawer Chest with Greek Key Frieze
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style painted wood chest from the mid 19th century, with Greek Key frieze, carved rosettes, fluted accents and wraparound feet. Created in Sweden during the third...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Swedish 1780s Gustavian Period Four-Drawer Commode with Chamfered Side Posts
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish period Gustavian four-drawer commode from the late 18th century with its old hardware. This Swedish chest circa 1780 features a rectangular top ...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
$4,462 Sale Price
25% Off
Sturehov, Gustavian Style Armchair
Located in Allerum, SE
Limited edition reproductions by D. Larsson, inspired by the finest 18th - 19th-century Swedish furniture.
STUREHOV, This fine Gustavian style armchair is inspired by a remarkable Gustavian period square back armchair from our own collection. With fine carvings thru out the entire chair. Originally designed and made by Stockholm chair master Melchior Lundberg...
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21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Beech
Pair of 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Armchairs by Erik Öhrmark
By Erik Öhrmark
Located in Huntington, NY
A stunning pair of Swedish Gustavian armchairs made in Stockholm and signed (OEM) by Erik Öhrmark (1747-1813). In 1777 Öhrmark was granted the right, as a master chair maker, to prod...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Linen, Wood, Paint
Swedish Gustavian Style 1880s Painted Wood Table with Carved Rosettes and Beads
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style painted wood table from the late 19th century, with carved rosettes and tapered legs. Created in Sweden during the last quarter of the 19th century, this pa...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Mora Clock Swedish 1800s White Hand Painted Roses
Located in Lewes, England
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Antique Swedish mora clock from early 1800s in lovely white finish with polychromatic hand painted...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
$3,197 Sale Price
40% Off
19th Century Long Gustavian Style Painted Console Hall Table
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This impressive hand painted console or foyer table with three drawers features wonderful classic details, such as the cabriole legs. The table has been painted in a light gray Gusta...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Swedish Gustavian White Painted Side Table With Drawer, circa 1840-60
Located in Round Top, TX
Antique Swedish Gustavian White Painted Side Table With Drawer.
Tapered fluted legs and decorative applied carving accents this useful table.
Restored, later professionally applie...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Pair of Hendrix Allardyce Key West Caned Bergere Armchairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Sublime pair of bergere armchairs custom made by Hendrix Allardyce, Hollywood, CA. The bespoke chairs feature a large gracefully curved frame inset with double caned sides and back. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Cane, Beech
Pair of Mid Century Swedish Carved and Painted Gustavian Chests
Located in Dallas, TX
Discover the charm of classic Swedish design with this pair of mid-century Gustavian chests. Each piece boasts a Greek Key design carving that add a touch of elegance and character t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Chairs
Located in Huntington, NY
A pair of Swedish Gustavian chairs made in Stockholm by master craftsman Melker Falkberg (1746 - 1822). Stamped with Stockholm chairmaker's seal and maker signature. Scraped to their...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Linen, Wood, Paint
$4,900 / set
Swedish Antique Mora Clock Black Folk Art Feathers 1800s 203cm AAS A
Located in Lewes, England
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Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine
$2,797 Sale Price
47% Off
Sophisticated Swedish Style Bench with Lovely Splayed Legs and New Upholstery
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Lovely Swedish style bench having beautifully sculpted shape, upholstered in a soothing greyish blue fabric, having elegant off white antiqued bleached splayed legs.
Category
1980s American Vintage Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Sideboard Swedish Gustavianj Style
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Swedish Gustavian Sideboard, its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Category
Early 1900s Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Painted & Gilded Antique Bench
Located in New Orleans, LA
An elegant Gustavian bench with a softly painted finish and refined gilded accents, featuring neoclassical carved details and fluted legs—capturing the restrained grandeur and lightn...
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Drop Leaf Table Wabi Sabi
Located in San Angelo, TX
Here is a beautiful and unique early 19th century Swedish Gustavian table that features a one sided drop leaf with a gate leg. Thi...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood, Pine, Paint
Pair of 19th Century Swedish Pedestal Tables
Located in Charleston, SC
A pair of charming pedestal tables with oval tops and turned bases supported by intricately carved scrolling legs in Gustavian style.
Värmland, Sweden, circa 1850.
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
$4,600 / set
Antique Mora Clock Swedish 1800s Antique Folk Art Kurbits Hand Painted
Located in Lewes, England
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
$2,384 Sale Price
40% Off
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Metal and Mahogany Tray Table
Located in Kastrup, DK
Elegant Gustavian metal tray table.
Original oval metal tray decorated with a finely hand painted allegorical scene. Standing rim with pierced handle ...
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Swedish Paint Decorated, Parcel-Gilt, Large Wall Mirror, France, 19th c.
Located in Manhasset, NY
Swedish Grey Paint Decorated, Parcel-Gilt, Large Wall, Console, Pier Mirror, France, 19th c.
French parcel-gilt painted Swedish mirror with carved figures. This is a truly magnifice...
Category
1890s French Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
19th Century Swedish Late Gustavian Commode
Located in Huntington, NY
A three drawer Swedish Late Gustavian commode. Front corners are canted and fluted. Back corners are fluted as well. Sits atop tapered rectangular feet. Later iron pulls and original...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Iron
19th C. Swedish Continental Brass Mounted & Parquetry Inlaid Cherry Chairs, Pair
Located in Germantown, MD
A magnificent pair of 19th century Swedish continental brass mounted and parquetry inlaid cherry chairs. Beaitiful inlay and parquetry work on backs.
very comfortable, firm seats w...
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1840s Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Brass
Gustavian Style 3 Door Sideboard
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Gustavian Style 3 Door Sideboard, its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Maple
Swedish Gustavian Painted Chest of Drawers Commode Tallboy, 19th Century White A
Located in Lewes, England
19th century antique Swedish Gustavian painted chest of drawers commode with detailed hand painted designs on the top rail and gilt detailing.
It has four drawers with brass ring pu...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Birch
$2,797 Sale Price
58% Off
A pair of early 19th Century Late Gustavian Armchairs
Located in SE
A pair of Late Gustavian Armchairs, made by Ephraim Stahl, who worked in Stockholm 1794- 1820. The armchairs are not signed.
Ephraim Sthal made several chairs and armchairs for the ...
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Early 1800s Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Birch
Swedish Corner Cabinet-- Late 18th Century Period Gustavian, Pale Green w/Cream
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish late 18th century period Gustavian painted wood corner cabinet. This Swedish Gustavian corner cabinet features reeded doors, dentil molding just below the upper cornice and...
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Swedish Gustavian Style 1890s Light Gray Painted Console Table with Drawer
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style painted wood console table from circa 1890 with fluted drawer, tapered legs and carved motifs. Born in Sweden around 1890, thi...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Swedish Gustavian Style Painted Demilune Benches
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Grand pair of matching painted demi-lune form benches made in the Louis XVI Swedish Gustavian taste. The benches feature a painted frame with an intentionally aged, distressed patina...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Brass
Swedish 18th Century Gustavian Serpentine Two Piece Commode Chest of Drawers
Located in Wichita, KS
Beautiful 18th Century Swedish Serpentine front Commode Chest of Drawers in two pieces. this Two piece design was often used for moving the chest in small spaces. The paint on this...
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$5,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Painted Pine Gustavian Chest of Three Drawers, Sweden circa 1840-60
Located in Round Top, TX
Gustavian painted pine chest of three drawers with "Greek key" or meander design along top and pair of griffins on top drawer.
Newer professionally applied and layered salmon painted...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Brass
White Painted Gustavian Sideboard, Sweden, circa 1820-1840
Located in Round Top, TX
This lovely white Gustavian sideboard comes from the Swedish countryside. The simple fluted carving along the panel doors was a traditional e...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Pine, Paint
Hand-painted Provincial Cabinet with two Doors, South Germany around 1700
Located in Greding, DE
The painting in light blue and dark gray is new and was designed according to antique models.
Category
Early 1700s German Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
18th Century Gustavian Yellow Swedish Display Cabinet From La Maison London
Located in London, Park Royal
Antique Swedish cabinet, circa 1780 made in two-parts: a base set of drawers and top set display cabinet; patinated in a traditional Gustavian ...
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
$12,464 Sale Price
20% Off
Swedish Gustavian Mora Clock Chest
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Swedish Gustavian Mora clock chest, its been restored and repainted with milk paints, "Oyster White". New battery works have been instal...
Category
1820s Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Fine Gustavian Style Paint Decorated Arm Chairs
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A particularly fine pair of Gustavian style armchairs. A pair of custom upholstered arm chairs with intentionally distressed paint decorated frames in bluish taupe. The carved palmet...
Category
20th Century Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Gustavian Daybed with Elegantly Carved Amphora Motifs
Located in PARIS, FR
This stunning Gustavian daybed, dating back to the 18th century, is a perfect example of Swedish neoclassical elegance. Known for its graceful simplicity and refined proportions, the...
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18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Zabihi Collection Neutral Turkish Yastik Rug
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Anatolian Turkish Yastik rug mat
Measures: 1'6” x 3'2”
Category
20th Century Turkish Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wool
Rare pair of 19th Century Gustavian Faux Bamboo Chairs
Located in Allerum, SE
Rare pair of early 19th century Gustavian faux bamboo chairs in their original finish. Ca 1810 Stockholm, Sweden.
The chairs are attributed to Ephraim Sthal. Supplier to the Royal ...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Swedish 6-Arm Chandelier
Located in Sheffield, MA
Large, elegant and impressive, newly restored antique Swedish Gustavian style chandelier with 6 scrolled arms and gold hanging wood and mult...
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Swedish Gustavian Bellman White Dining Chairs, Set of Six, Late 19th Century
Located in Lewes, England
Set of six late 19th century antique Swedish Gustavian Bellman dining chairs with webbed seats and lovely brass style detailing on backrest and at the top of the pyramid legs. Very h...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Wood
Gustavian Leksand Swedish Dining Chairs Pair in Gilt, 20th Century
Located in Lewes, England
Pair of Swedish Gustavian dining chairs in the Classic Leksand style with the distinctive fluted legs and rosette detailing.
Unusually for Leksands which are a more country style,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Birch
$975 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Furniture
Materials
Glass, 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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