Gustavian vs French Baroque Furniture — Two Traditions, Two Worldviews, and What They Mean for a Modern Interior
Imagine two rooms. In the first, the walls are paneled in dark wood, the furniture is covered in gilded bronze mounts and tortoiseshell marquetry, and the candlelight bounces off polished surfaces in ways that make everything seem to move. In the second, the walls are pale grey, the furniture is painted in chalky white with […]