In Varying Shades of Brown : Searching the colourful past of a 18th century masterpiece

The colourful past of the late 18th century marquetry furniture has seldom been highlighted. Through ageing and environmental influences, colourful marquetry furniture has lost their original expression. The current knowledge of how Swedish cabinet-makers in the late 18th century used dyes to colour...

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Main Author:	Andersson, Elise
Format:	Others
Language:	English
Published:	Linköpings universitet, Carl Malmsten - furniture studies 2012
Subjects:	Gottlieb Iwersson Masterpiece Secretaire Marquetry Wood Dyes Organic dyes Dyestuffs Identification of dyestuffs The Gustavian style Royal cabinet-maker Colourful past Veneered furniture Late 18th century Sweden Mästerstycke Sekretär Färgämnen Trä Bets Organiska färgämnen Intarsia Gustaviansk stil 1700-tals möbler Fanerade möbler Hovschatullmakare Identifiering av färgämnen
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spelling	ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-liu-791782013-01-08T13:52:30ZIn Varying Shades of Brown : Searching the colourful past of a 18th century masterpieceengAndersson, EliseLinköpings universitet, Carl Malmsten - furniture studiesLinköpings universitet, Tekniska högskolan2012Gottlieb IwerssonMasterpieceSecretaireMarquetryWoodDyesOrganic dyesDyestuffsIdentification of dyestuffsThe Gustavian styleRoyal cabinet-makerColourful pastVeneered furnitureLate 18th centurySwedenGottlieb IwerssonMästerstyckeSekretärFärgämnenTräBetsOrganiska färgämnenIntarsiaGustaviansk stil1700-tals möblerFanerade möblerHovschatullmakareIdentifiering av färgämnenThe colourful past of the late 18th century marquetry furniture has seldom been highlighted. Through ageing and environmental influences, colourful marquetry furniture has lost their original expression. The current knowledge of how Swedish cabinet-makers in the late 18th century used dyes to colour their furniture is limited. Trace of colour has been observed and the use of dyes has been mentioned, but deeper research in this filed is missing. A visual examination and studies of archive documents and previous research have been performed to investigate the colourful past of Gottlieb Iwerssons masterpiece, a secretaire in Gustavian style made for the king Gustav III. The result shows that the secretaire has a colourful past in accordance with its original drawing. A hypothetical picture has been created to illustrate the colourful original appearance. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-79178application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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topic	Gottlieb Iwersson Masterpiece Secretaire Marquetry Wood Dyes Organic dyes Dyestuffs Identification of dyestuffs The Gustavian style Royal cabinet-maker Colourful past Veneered furniture Late 18th century Sweden Gottlieb Iwersson Mästerstycke Sekretär Färgämnen Trä Bets Organiska färgämnen Intarsia Gustaviansk stil 1700-tals möbler Fanerade möbler Hovschatullmakare Identifiering av färgämnen
spellingShingle	Gottlieb Iwersson Masterpiece Secretaire Marquetry Wood Dyes Organic dyes Dyestuffs Identification of dyestuffs The Gustavian style Royal cabinet-maker Colourful past Veneered furniture Late 18th century Sweden Gottlieb Iwersson Mästerstycke Sekretär Färgämnen Trä Bets Organiska färgämnen Intarsia Gustaviansk stil 1700-tals möbler Fanerade möbler Hovschatullmakare Identifiering av färgämnen Andersson, Elise In Varying Shades of Brown : Searching the colourful past of a 18th century masterpiece
description	The colourful past of the late 18th century marquetry furniture has seldom been highlighted. Through ageing and environmental influences, colourful marquetry furniture has lost their original expression. The current knowledge of how Swedish cabinet-makers in the late 18th century used dyes to colour their furniture is limited. Trace of colour has been observed and the use of dyes has been mentioned, but deeper research in this filed is missing. A visual examination and studies of archive documents and previous research have been performed to investigate the colourful past of Gottlieb Iwerssons masterpiece, a secretaire in Gustavian style made for the king Gustav III. The result shows that the secretaire has a colourful past in accordance with its original drawing. A hypothetical picture has been created to illustrate the colourful original appearance.
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title	In Varying Shades of Brown : Searching the colourful past of a 18th century masterpiece
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