Rosendal Palace, Djurgården


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It was informative to learn that Fredrik Lidstromer was the primary architect of the construction of the first Rosendal Palace.
After the original palace burned down in 1819, Lidstromer created the initial drawings for the second Rosendal Palace.
 
Photos from the Instagram of Håkan Groth, a swedish born antique dealer and expert, author and photographer.
A Swedish candelabrum (one of a pair) at Rosendal Palace in Stockholm. Rosendal was built by Carl XIV Johan 1823-27 and decorated in the Empire style.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgs7eBsHjVb/?taken-by=hakan_groth
A Swedish bronze and ormolu clock with a matching pair of urns made in Stockholm (probably in the 1830s) in the Library Cabinet at Rosendal.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgtD5Nqnyvc/?taken-by=hakan_groth
A Swedish granit jardinière from the porphyry works at Älvdalen with ormolu mounts attributed to Carl Ludvig Mangeot. This piece was commissioned by Carl XIV Johan (who was the owner of the porphyry works) in 1825 for his beloved summer palace Rosendal in Stockholm.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgtld7xHv6D/?taken-by=hakan_groth
A Swedish porphyry urn (one of a pair) from Älvdalen with ormolu mounts, early 19th century. At Rosendal Palace in Stockholm.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgtwqoAHwG5/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The ‘Lantern Room’ (Lanterninen) was the most lavishly decorated room at the small summer palace Rosendal built by the architect Fredric Blom in 1823-27 for Carl XIV Johan. The Sèvres porcelain table in the centre was a gift from the French King Louis Philippe in 1840. The crystal chandelier was made in Stockholm by Reinhold Fredric Lindroth in 1831 after a design by Percier and Fontaine published in 1812.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgudtQyHjhL/?taken-by=hakan_groth
My favourite crystal chandeliers at Rosendal is this elegant pair hanging in the Red Salon. They were made by Reinhold Fredric Lindroth in Stockholm in the late 1820s.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgvefl1nCrs/?taken-by=hakan_groth
One of the many Swedish ormolu and bronze hanging lamps at Rosendal made in the 1820s in Stockholm. They are often offered for sale as being Russian by auction houses and antique dealers
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgvmOoxnugg/?taken-by=hakan_groth
This Swedish gilt hanging lamp from the 1820s is hanging in the Library at Rosendal.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgvnCj6H3hm/?taken-by=hakan_groth
A Swedish patinated bronze and ormolu hanging lamp at Rosendal Palace in Stockholm made c 1820-30.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgwQTP3Hycu/?taken-by=hakan_groth
A large Swedish ormolu and patinated bronze hanging lamp in the Mahogany Vestibule at Rosendal Palace.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgwkxHFHplQ/?taken-by=hakan_groth
An elegant Swedish Empire hanging lamp in what is now arranged as Carl XIV Johan’s Bedroom at Rosendal.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgwznicHuxp/?taken-by=hakan_groth
 
A new video was today put to the Royal Court's Youtube.
There the staff of the Royal Collections makes the Palace ready for the summer season.
 
Instagram of the Royal Palaces
The Empire style is in Sweden also known as the Karl Johan style, after King Karl XIV Johan who was king of Sweden 1818–1844. It is characterized by furniture in mahogany, wall-to-wall carpeting and magnificent curtain arrangements in strong colors. Rosendal Palace, at Royal Djurgården in Stockholm, looks very much the same as it did during King Karl XIV Johan’s days which makes it a unique document of the European Empire style. The Red Salon, the Blue Salon, the Yellow Salon and the Green Salon are all witness to the importance of color for the interiors from this period.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BxhJyP2Cm0U/
 
The porphyry vase at Rosendal.
Karl XIV Johan owned from 1818 Elfdals Porphyrverk in Älvdalen. In the spring of 1823, he ordered a monumental vase from the Porphyry. This is a scaled-up copy of an antique vase found in Herculaneum, Italy. The boulder was mined in Gåsvarv and is estimated to have weighed about 100 tonnes, of which nine tenths were cut off. The finished vase weighs 9.3 tons. The porphyry vase at Rosendal is placed in the garden at Rosendal Palace.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEth7kUHm8_/
 
At Instagram of the Royal Palaces
Favorite from the Royal collections - The Sèvres table at Rosendal
On Tuesdays, the Royal Palace's museum teachers take over the Instagram account and presents their favorite objects from the #royalcollections Today, museum teacher Kristina Hagberg talks about an appreciated state gift:
“In the middle of Rosendal Palace's main parade room, Lanterninen, stands a very special table. It is made in 1843 in expensive, painted Sèvres porcelain with bronze details. The table came as a gift from French King Louis Philippe to Charles XIV Johan as a thank you for his previous gift: two huge urns in black Älvdalsporfyr."
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKgiwsCJ6oq/
 
Last year, the "Sessions" -outdoor concerts were started at Solliden Palace and Läckö Castle. This year there are more of those concerts, there will be six concerts also at Rosendal Palace.
Rosendal Sessions - Sessions
 
Rosendal Palace 200 years
In the summer of 2023, 200 years of royal history will be celebrated at Rosendal Palace. Join park tours about the extensive work to restore the historic park.
The summer anniversary program invites you to guided park walks. The project's experts talk about and show the investments made in recent years to restore the historical environments at Rosendal.
The program also includes a thematic display inside the Palace and a new park walk for Rosendal in the 'Kungliga promenader' app.
Rosendals slott 200 år - Kungliga slotten
 
In the green footsteps of Karl XIV Johan
This year we celebrate another anniversary! It has been 200 years since Karl XIV Johan had Rosendal Palace built on the Royal Djurgården. The palace has remained largely untouched since that time, and now the historic park is also being restored. The Royal Djurgården Administration has mapped the park's history with the support of old archives, garden archeology and modern scanning technology. Thanks to that, the image of a lost palace park has emerged. As part of the anniversary, park tours are given by those involved in the project; the archaeologists, the building antiquarian, the landscape architect, the park manager and the gardeners. The park tours are given, on different themes, on Wednesdays in May, June, August and September.
On May 3, park manager Gunnar Björkman and landscape architect Jonas Berglund talked about the ongoing refurbishment and restoration, where cold walls and walkways are restored and the floral splendor of the Oskarian era is recreated with so-called wallpaper groups, ornate flower festoons and Dowager Queen Josefina's flower fountain.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Crv0mCfsln4/
 
Video at the Youtube channel of the Royal Palaces
Royal Djurgården Administration has made a survey of Rosendal Palace's park's 200-year history. With the support of old archives, horticultural archeology and modern scanning technology, the image of a lost palace park has emerged.
 
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