Gustavian Style: Forms from 18th Century Scandinavia

A set of furniture forms commonly used in shabby chic style, originating from 18th-century Sweden and France. Chairs have slightly curved legs, slender proportions, and backs with vertical slats or oval frames; tables have thin turned legs and fan-shaped aprons; cabinet doors have shallow molded frames with simple curved tops. These forms were originally simplified country versions of court furniture, with delicate but not overly complex lines, no carvings or gilding. All are painted off-white and distressed at the edges, with white cotton fabric covers on the seats. Because the forms themselves have elegant proportions, even when painted white and distressed, they do not appear crude. The image shows a combination of these furniture pieces.
Avoid: using ornate carved and gilded Baroque furniture, using robust and heavy country furniture, making furniture with modern minimalist forms, incorporating dark natural wood furniture.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組破舊復古風常用的家具形體,來源是十八世紀的瑞典與法國。椅子有微彎的椅腳、細長的比例、椅背是直櫺或橢圓的框;桌子有細的旋木腿與扇形的裙板;櫃子的門片有淺淺的線腳框,上緣有簡單的弧形。這些形體本來是宮廷家具的鄉間簡化版,線條纖細但不繁複,沒有雕花與鎏金。全部漆成灰白後磨出邊,坐面套上白棉布。因為形體本身有優雅的比例,即使漆白磨舊也不會顯得粗糙。畫面呈現這幾件家具的組合。避免:使用有繁複雕花與鎏金的巴洛克家具、使用粗壯厚重的鄉村家具、把家具做成現代的簡潔形體、加入深色木頭的原色家具。