18th century blog

Ooh thanks for the link! Looks like it will be great. I read The King’s Physician a few years ago, it’s an interesting story!

I can`t wait! The movie has very good reception, and it`s a quite intresting story (if a little depressing ending)
I love your blog by the way :)

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about the movie, when and how can we see it in the States. thank you. jean baptiste.

Tack så mycket for posting this! It sounds really interesting both historically and costume-wise (and provides me with another reason to go & see my friend in Sweden, haha ;-) ).

Hello…what a very very interesting blog you have….fascinating!

Hi!I need some help on some swedish things :P
1-do you have any Drottningholm palace interior pictures?or some floorplants?
2-do you have good pictures of the nationella drakten?any info?(preferable pics)
3-where can I find information and paintings about Hedwig Elisabeth Charlotte,and her wedding gown?
4-any nice info about the gustavian court.

Thank you!love you blog xoxo

I find it very hard to get good books on 18th century Sweden in English.You
may find these on Amazon or order them by inter library loan?

1. For Drottningholm interiors see - Great Houses of Europe,Sacheverell
Sitwell (ed),London,1970.pp148-155.

2. For nationella drakten see - Catherine the Great & Gustav III,(Exhibition
Cat.),Magnus Olausson (ed),Nationalmuseum,Stockholm,1999.pp260-265.

3.For Hedvig Elisabet Charlotta`s Portrait & Dress see - Alexander Roslin,
(Exhibition Cat.),Magnus Olausson (ed), Nationalmuseum, Stochkolm,
2007,pp126-127.

4.For info.on the Gustavian Court see No.2 above,its an excellent catalogue,
or Neoclassicism in the North by Hakan Groth,Thames & Hudson,London,
1990,pp14-41.

I’m really looking forward to this. Danes rarely make historical movies pre-WW2, which is a shame since there are more than enough interesting monarchs to tackle!
However, Christian VII has always been my favorite. Reading about his “explorations” is both funny and cringe worthy, so I’m sure the movie will be interesting.

Hey,thanks for the links!

About the national costume,I alredy saw the 1778 version and a 1800/empire version.Where can I see a romantic(1830),1840 and ‘50 versions?

Lisa - There’s a swedish book called Hovets dräkter (Lena Rangström, Livrustkammaren, Stockholm, Bra Böcker/Wiken, Höganäs, 1994) that contains some information about the Swedish court dress, from before The swedish national costume (anno 1778) to present day. Swedish text, ofcourse, but the describings of the pictures exists in both Swedish and English (at least in the version I’ve seen.) As Johanna says, the later styles of the court gowns weren’t referred to as The swedish national costume but those puffed, slashed sleeves (from the original SNC) remained in different forms through the 1800’s and 1900’s.

You can also try, as Johanna did, to serach for portraits of the Swedish queens Désirée Clary (1777-1860) and Josephine of Leuchtenberg (1807-1876.)

Good luck!

So, how did you like the movie?
If you didn’t notice, they actually reused several costumes from other movies. I emailed the director, Nikolaj Arcel and asked whether my assumptions about the costumes were right. Turns out they used 2 costumes from the Duchess and one from Marie Antoinette! Quite embarrassing, I actually yelled out “I know that dress”, when one of the dresses came on. Awkward!

I`m off to see this movie tomorrow night and wonder whether it will live up to the good reviews I`ve read?Other than recycling costumes did you like it?

I loved the film and reviewed it in detail in a post some months ago. But I was more interested in the history of the era than I was in cinematography. So thanks Textile for the book reference.

Hels

This looks like a lovely film…will have to look for it!

Just reviewed the Royal Physician’s Visit by Per Olov Enquist, a marvelous–but icy cold–look into the brutal reality of the 18th world. Will have to look for the movie, now, of course. Such a fascinating episode in world history. One of those little lights that shine briefly and then are snuffed out by the forces of repression and cruelty.

Many thanks for this beautiful site–will be checking in again, as I have a pair of 18th C historicals still “in the can,” and will need inspiration as I dress my “dolls.” :)