The Swedish Room - Hardcover

Sjeoberg, Lars; Sjeoberg, Ursula; Snitt, Ingalill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679429816 ISBN 13: 9780679429814

Verlag: Pantheon Books Inc, 1994

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Book by Sjoberg Ursula

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or its soft palette, clean and spare look, and neoclassical European style modified by rustic Scandinavian charm, the Swedish interior has been an endless source of imitation. The Swedish Room enables the reader to take in period by period, house by house, over 200 breathtaking images and an authoritative accompanying text which focus on those special features of the traditional Swedish room that have made it one of the major influences in decorating today.

Whether a royal guest room, an aristocratic boudoir, or a farmer's kitchen, each room is original and inviting. The traditional details-wide-board, unpolished wooden floors, simple checked or striped fabrics used on windows and beds, the elegant outlines of a Gustavian chair and the gleaming tiles of a ceramic stove-everything delights the eye. The contrast between the glowing, ingenuous wall paintings of Dalarna farmhouses and the pale distressed colours of eighteenth-century manor houses is echoed in the juxtaposition of the rich cla

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• Verlag: Pantheon Books Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0679429816
• ISBN 13: 9780679429814
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 188