Table of Contents

The Royal Palace, Stockholm, home of Sweden's kings; Gripsholm, an island castle; Ovedskloster, "too royal for a commoner"; Sturehof, from Rococo to neoclassicism; Hylinge, an admiral's landfall; Gunnebo, Mr. Hall's ingenious palace; Haga, Gustaf III's Trianon; Tullgarn, the summer palace of Prince Frederik Adolf; Princess Sophia Albertina's Palace, the Foreign Ministry's royal quarters, Stockholm; Bernshammer, profit, patronage and nobility; Ostana, antiquarian treasures on the Baltic shore; the Masreliez Rooms, Stockholm, hidden luxury in the old town; Rosersberg, Carl's country retreat as prince and king; Sperlingsholm, "outside, a fatherland. Inside, a friend"; Elghammer, a Russian house in Sweden; Skottorp, the Commercial Counsellor's Empire; the Hazelius House, Stockholm, a Biedermeier home; Hogsjogard, serious simplicity; Rosendal, French seed on Swedish soil; family tree of the Holstein-Gottorp and Bernadotte dynasties; catalogue of furniture types and styles; the architects, artists and craftsmen.

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An exploration of Swedish furniture and interiors, from royal salons with exquisite Pompeian ornament to modest splatter-painted Biedermeier halls

About the Author

Fritz von der Schulenburg is an internationally renowned photographer, who has contributed to numerous magazines including House & Garden, The World of Interiors, Vogue and Architectural Digest, published several books and photographed many of the world's most beautiful interiors.

Hakan Groth is a founder-partner of Rupert Cavendish Antiques, specialists in Empire and Biedermeier furniture.

Reviews

'A book of sumptuous beauty' - Homes & Gardens

'Beautifully conceived … superbly illustrated' - Journal of Design History