Lyss till 1700-talet 2010

Posted Jun 3, 2010 at 12:05 CEST in Events and Swedish events.

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July 11 to July 25 it’s time for Lyss till 1700-talet at Skansen again. Check out times and events here.

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18th century clothes at Göteborgs stadsmuseum

Posted Mar 29, 2010 at 11:32 CEST in Fashion, Links, Museums, and Photos.

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From Tidsfördrifvet, the blog of 18th century society Gustafs skål, comes this great list of 18th century clothing items from Göteborgs stadsmuseum. Click the picture to go there.

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Kina slott

Posted Mar 25, 2010 at 11:28 CET in Books, Buildings and interiors, and Swedish books.

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Kina slott by Göran Alm is a book about my favourite 18th century building, the Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm.

This is definitely a new favourite book of mine. It’s very thorough, covering everything from the facade, interiors, furniture and various collections inside to the restorations made, the court life at “Kina”, 18th century chinoiserie in general and the Swedish East India Company. The chapters are written by different authors and everything is incredibly interesting. It’s also an absolutely beautiful book filled with big wonderful photos and also plans and drawings. I can’t recommend this book enough, it’s great.

The book is part of a set called De kungliga slotten (the royal palaces) and I can’t wait to read some of the other volumes. As far as I know they’re only available in Swedish.

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Authentic Decor: The Domestic Interior 1620 - 1920

Posted Mar 21, 2010 at 19:11 CET in Books and Buildings and interiors.

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Authentic Decor: The Domestic Interior 1620 - 1920 by Peter Thornton is a book about historical interior decoration and architecture.

If you want to learn about historical interiors this book is amazing. Each chapter starts with a longer text about the stylistic period in question and the rest of the chapter is all paintings, drawings and plans of interiors and architecture, everything with in depth captions. There are so many beautiful pictures and I find it very easy to learn when you actually have a visual example right next to the text.

Unfortunately this book is no longer in print but I think it’s pretty easy to find second hand.

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Modemakt/Power of fashion

Posted Mar 9, 2010 at 15:25 CET in Exhibitions, Fashion, Museums, and Photos.

A couple of days ago I visited the new exhibition at Nordiska museet, Modemakt or Power of fashion. There wasn’t a huge amount of 18th century clothes but the ones they did show were really wonderful.

The exhibition has it’s own website complete with a database containing pictures and information about most of the garments on show. Continue reading to see my own photos from the exhibition.

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