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Rich in the 19th century - the smoking room - the Hallwyl House Stockholm
Wikipedia: Hallwyl Museum (Swedish: Hallwylska museet) is a Swedish national museum housed in a historical building in central Stockholm located on 4, Hamngatan facing Berzelii Park. Hallwyl House (Swedish: Hallwylska palatset) was built 1893–1898 to the design of Isak Gustaf Clason for Count Walther von Hallwyl and his wife, Wilhelmina. It was created to accommodate the office of the count and the extensive art collection of the countess. While the exterior of the building and the court is historical in style — borrowing architectural elements from medieval prototypes and Renaissance Venice — it was utterly modern on its completion — including electricity, central heating, telephones, and bathrooms. The elevator was a later addition. The countess collected her artworks during her worldwide journeys in order to found a museum, and, consequently, the palace was donated to the Swedish State in 1920, a decade before her death. The museum is open to the public, and the Hallwyl Collection which is housed there encompasses some 50,000 objects.
Sad trivia: The woman of the house died after having fallen in one of the stone stairs of the house.
Rich in the 19th century - the smoking room - the Hallwyl House Stockholm
Wikipedia: Hallwyl Museum (Swedish: Hallwylska museet) is a Swedish national museum housed in a historical building in central Stockholm located on 4, Hamngatan facing Berzelii Park. Hallwyl House (Swedish: Hallwylska palatset) was built 1893–1898 to the design of Isak Gustaf Clason for Count Walther von Hallwyl and his wife, Wilhelmina. It was created to accommodate the office of the count and the extensive art collection of the countess. While the exterior of the building and the court is historical in style — borrowing architectural elements from medieval prototypes and Renaissance Venice — it was utterly modern on its completion — including electricity, central heating, telephones, and bathrooms. The elevator was a later addition. The countess collected her artworks during her worldwide journeys in order to found a museum, and, consequently, the palace was donated to the Swedish State in 1920, a decade before her death. The museum is open to the public, and the Hallwyl Collection which is housed there encompasses some 50,000 objects.
Sad trivia: The woman of the house died after having fallen in one of the stone stairs of the house.