&Tradition at Lindencrones Palæ for 3daysofdesign
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Lindencrones Palæ was completed in 1753 for Christian Lintrup with the initial design by Nicholai Eigtved the architect who was responsible for the plan of Frederiksstaden and for many of the major buildings in this part of the city. Frederiksstaden was built outside the old east gate of the old city from the 1680s onwards. Much of the interior of Lindencrones Palæ and much of the arrangement of the plan would have been determined by the master builder Christian Conradi.
With its main façade towards Bredgade, with its relatively narrow pavement and heavy traffic and with only an end elevation to Sankt Annæ Plads, a lot of people must walk past the building without fully appreciating the size and the grand design of the Palæ. From 1850, it was the British Embassy but the British sold the building and moved out to Østerbro in 1979. In 2003, the house was purchased by Troels Holch Povlsen - founder of Best Seller - and underwent a major restoration that was completed in 2006.
The splendid main staircase is reached by a short flight of steps up from the arched passageway that runs through between Bredgade and the courtyard and that stair takes the visitor up to a suite of reception rooms that run right across the main floor level with what must have been one of the largest drawing rooms in the city.
Lindencrones Palæ is used as an important venue for 3daysofdesign and this year the main rooms were taken over by the design company &Tradition in partnership with the auction house Bruun Rasmussen the theme "Home of a Collector" showed current pieces from the company alongside classic historic designs.
Many good Danish interiors mix together antique furniture - often pieces inherited from the family - with classic designs from the mid and late 20th century along with the most modern of current designs. Here, that was shown on a grand scale. It is often easier to talk about Danish taste or the Scandinavian qualities of interiors rather than style as such because furniture of different periods are so often mixed together.
