"An exotic lacquer box" – come inside the Chinese Pavilion
Join museum educator Boel Bodvik as she shows us the highlights of the Chinese Pavilion and talks about its the history. The Chinese Pavilion is part of the World Heritage Site of Drottningholm.
The Chinese Pavilion is open during the summer season, and the video shows it being prepared for opening.
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The video is subtitled in English.
Music: From Drottningholm Music by Johan Helmich Roman (1694–1758), performed by the Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble. Musica Sveciae. Drottningholm Music was first performed at the wedding of King Adolf Fredrik and Lovisa Ulrika in 1744.
During the 18th century, Chinese and Japanese art was the height of fashion in Sweden and Europe. The East India trading companies brought large quantities of tea, spices, silk, porcelain and exclusive works of art to Europe.
One July evening in 1753, Queen Lovisa Ulrika received a fantastic birthday present. King Adolf Fredrik had arranged for a Chinese-style summer palace to be built at the far end of Drottningholm Palace Park.
Top image: Detail of the lacquered screens in the Blue Salon at the Chinese Pavilion. Photo: Lisa Rahlie Rehbäck/Royalpalaces.se
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