Design in Sweden 1500-1740
dal 28/8/2003 al 29/8/2003
Segnalato da
28/8/2003
Design in Sweden 1500-1740
National Museum, Stockholm
A sample of the museum' s own collection of older applied arts, forming a chronological narration underpinned by recurring themes such as style, fashion and nouveautes. The exhibition also includes paintings, sculptures and prints.
The permanent exhibition Design in Sweden 1500-1740
opens August 29, 2003
A sample of the museum ' s own collection of older applied arts, forming a
chronological narration
underpinned by recurring themes such as style, fashion and nouveautés.
The
exhibition also includes paintings, sculptures and prints.
Design in Sweden
15001740 is one of a trio of permanent installations. The others are: Design in
Sweden 17401900, planned for 2005, and Design 19002000, which opened in 1999.
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Permanent Collection:
Some 16,000 works of painting and sculpture, from the Middle Ages to the 20th
century; 500,000 prints and drawings, from the 15th century to the turn of the
20th century; Swedish 18th- and 19th-century painting; 17th-century Dutch art;
18th-century French art; about 30,000 decorative-arts objects from six
centuries, including china, glass, Swedish silver and furniture; tapestries from
the 15th to the 17th centuries; 20th-century design and applied arts.
Architecture: In the Florentine and Venetian Renaissance style.
Admission: 75 kronor; students and groups, 60 kronor; under 16, free.
Wednesday, 60 kronor.
Hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Tuesday, until 8 p.m.; Thursday
from September through May, until 8 p.m. Closed Monday.
The Nationalmuseum
Södra Blasieholmshamnen, Stockholm, Sweden
Phone (+46-0) 8 5195 43 00