DOI Heft:
Nr. 198 (August 1913)
DOI Artikel:Bröchner, Georg: The château of Rosenborg, Copenhagen, and its collections
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.43453#0147
The Chateau of Rosenborg, Copenhagen
the manner in which the gardens of the chateau
were laid out in the time of Christian IV. The
room contains a rich collection of highly interesting
and valuable articles, mostly connected with the
history of King Frederick IV ; a portion of the furni-
ture hails from Italy.
The bedchamber with the throne bed enjoyed
only a short-lived existence, a brief decade; the
bed, which had been reconstructed in the year 1899
and two years later placed in the surroundings
shown in our illustration, having already been
discarded ; however, it formed a very sweet har-
monious picture in dainty hues and deserves being
perpetuated, the more so as the hanging, partly
painted and partly embroidered, has been allowed
to remain.
I must reluctantly leave the apartments set aside
for subsequent kings and queens for a future
occasion ; they, too, are rich in exquisite furniture,
objets d'art, gold and silver and lace, but less so
as we approach the present day It was difficult to
find even a moderate room for King Christian IX,
and his frugal and plain belongings form an almost
pathetic contrast to those of his predecessors.
The commodious and beautiful Knights’ Hall
occupies the entire length and breadth of the
second story of the chateau, and consequently is
150 feet long and 28 feet broad. It was originally
decorated with a number of large pictures repre-
senting the occupations and pleasures of a man
during his different ages, but underwent a complete
transformation towards the end of the seventeenth
and the beginning of the eighteenth century, the
outcome being the splendid hall as it now stands.
The twelve large “ Gobelins ” which cover the side
walls were designed by the painter Peter Andersen,
and woven at Eichen’s factory at Koge, a small
Danish town. They represent a number of episodes
in the Scanian War, Danish victories at sea and on
land ; they are surrounded with emblems of war
and have interwoven short descriptive verses of the
battles they depict. They were woven at the
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THE PRINCESS’S ANTECHAMBER
the manner in which the gardens of the chateau
were laid out in the time of Christian IV. The
room contains a rich collection of highly interesting
and valuable articles, mostly connected with the
history of King Frederick IV ; a portion of the furni-
ture hails from Italy.
The bedchamber with the throne bed enjoyed
only a short-lived existence, a brief decade; the
bed, which had been reconstructed in the year 1899
and two years later placed in the surroundings
shown in our illustration, having already been
discarded ; however, it formed a very sweet har-
monious picture in dainty hues and deserves being
perpetuated, the more so as the hanging, partly
painted and partly embroidered, has been allowed
to remain.
I must reluctantly leave the apartments set aside
for subsequent kings and queens for a future
occasion ; they, too, are rich in exquisite furniture,
objets d'art, gold and silver and lace, but less so
as we approach the present day It was difficult to
find even a moderate room for King Christian IX,
and his frugal and plain belongings form an almost
pathetic contrast to those of his predecessors.
The commodious and beautiful Knights’ Hall
occupies the entire length and breadth of the
second story of the chateau, and consequently is
150 feet long and 28 feet broad. It was originally
decorated with a number of large pictures repre-
senting the occupations and pleasures of a man
during his different ages, but underwent a complete
transformation towards the end of the seventeenth
and the beginning of the eighteenth century, the
outcome being the splendid hall as it now stands.
The twelve large “ Gobelins ” which cover the side
walls were designed by the painter Peter Andersen,
and woven at Eichen’s factory at Koge, a small
Danish town. They represent a number of episodes
in the Scanian War, Danish victories at sea and on
land ; they are surrounded with emblems of war
and have interwoven short descriptive verses of the
battles they depict. They were woven at the
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THE PRINCESS’S ANTECHAMBER