23. CHANDELIER, GUSTAVIAN, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY, HAGA MODEL.

CHANDELIER, Gustavian Stockholm work, for six candles, Haga model, Olof Westerberg's art, partially gilded brass frame, decorated with differently cut prisms in the form of drops, flaps, buttons, ovals and rhomboids, upturned crest with plume, upper ring with sprig, six chains connects the crown ring with the candle ring, loosely hung central bar with two tiers, the lower part with blown and ground stem glass, the candle ring with lion mascarons, upturned candle arms, drip bowls and urn-shaped candle pipe with laurel wreath, basket base with closing flaps and pine cone, height 96, diameter 68 cm Few places in Sweden is as intimately associated with Gustav III as Hagaparken by Brunnsviken, here the king created his own Campagna Romana, with Italian-sounding names such as Albano, Frescati and Tivoli. Already as crown prince, during the summer of 1767, Gustav III rented Haga farm, and four years later the new king bought the farm. Gustav III's plan was originally to build a smaller English park at Haga, and in the years 1771-1780 a simple park with walking paths was built on Brunnsviken's three islets. In 1785, the king sold Ekolsund's castle and in the same year acquired Brahelund's farm, which expanded Hagaparken to the north to more than double its size.

Gustav III himself was very involved and made his own sketches for both the park and the buildings, the architects behind the area were Fredrik Magnus Piper, Louis Jean Desprez, Olof Tempelman and Carl Christoffer Gjörwell dy The king's own pavilion, also called Haga little castle, became an exclusive refuge from Stockholm's castle. The pavilion was built in 1787–1792 with Olof Tempelman as architect and Louis Masreliez as interior designer. One of the absolute highlights in Swedish art history was created here, which still today attracts visitors from all over the world to experience the most brilliant example of the Gustavian style. It was also from The Hague that the king went to Stockholm, on March 16, 1792, to participate in the masquerade ball at the Opera, where the attack on Gustav III finally ended his life on March 29 of the same year.

The interior design of Gustav III's pavilion was in several cases style-defining, where Erik Öhrmark's rocking chairs have gained an almost iconic status even in modern times. In addition to wall-mounted furnishings, furniture and artwork, the building's original chandeliers have had lasting popularity and have become synonymous with the term Hagakrona. At least six versions of the chandelier on the same theme can still be found in the building. The model for these was taken from continental Louis XVI chandeliers, which, like everything else during the Gustavian era, were transformed into a Swedish version. The chandeliers were delivered to Haga by the wholesale and furniture merchant Carl Adolph Grevesmühl (1744-1827), whose family moved to Sweden from Mecklenburg in the early 18th century.