Photos from the Instagram of Håkan Groth, a photographer and antique dealer and expert.
A watercolour by the architect Carl Fredric Adelcrantz from the 1760's of the Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm. This drawing was sent by Queen Lovisa Ulrica to her brother King Fredrick the Great of Prussia in Berlin.
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A plan over the Chinese Pavilion in the park at Drottningholm dated 1779, two years after Gustaf III had bought the estate from his mother the Dowager Queen Lovisa Ulrica. 1 the main pavilion, 2 storage for silver, china and glass, 3 Billiard Pavilion, 4 the King's Pavilion, 5 the 'Confidence' dining pavilion, 6 the kitchen.
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The Green Salon in the Chinese Salon at Drottningholm was decorated by Johan Pasch with motifs inspired by engravings by François Boucher. The stools are still covered with their original green leather from the 1760's.
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The Green Salon in the Chinese Salon at Drottningholm was decorated by Johan Pasch with motifs inspired by engravings by François Boucher. The couple to the left in the painting seem, rather disturbingly, to be holding an animal (a cat?) over a cooking pot.
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The Red Cabinet in the Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm is the only room in the pavilion that shows similarity to a genuine Chinese interior. It is based on an interior published in Sir William Chambers' work 'Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture...' The black lacquer panels comes from a Chinese screen.
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An usually elaborate LouisXV corner console table (one of four) made in Stockholm in the 1750's for Drottningholm Palace and transferred to the Chinese Pavilion in 1760's. It was probably carved by a French craftsman working at the Royal Palace in Stockholm.
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A Swedish Louis XV (Rococo) ormolu chandelier in the Red Cabinet in the Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm.
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The unique set of stools in the Chinese Pavilion were made in the 1760's in a style that was considered 'Chinese' at the time.
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The Yellow Cabinet in the Chinese Pavilion, Drottningholm, has lacquer panels from a Chinese screen fitted into the panelling. The overdoors were painted by Johan Pasch after François Boucher.
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A Chinese mirror painting in the Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm.
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A stool from the unique series of stools made for the Chinese Pavilion were made in the 1760's in a style that was considered 'Chinese' at the time. The hand painted silk was replaced during the 1960's restoration
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