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Turners of the Early Modern Period in Sweden
Sweden
- Carl Gustav Wrangel (1613-1676) – Wrangel was a commander-in-chief of the Swedish army and Count of Salmis. By 1664, he had an elaborate turning chamber in the Skokloster Castle, complete with a rose engine and hundreds of turning tools. He later owned three lathes and rose engines. His daughter married Nils Brahe who brought two large lathes and many tools with him, and later purchased additional turning equipment.
- Charles XI of Sweden, also known as Karl XI (1655-1697) – Charles XI and his consort Ulrike Eleonora and their royal children all turned at the lathe. The son prince Charles (later King Charles XII) made an ivory box at age seven in 1689 that still survives along with a second box turned by his nine year old sister Hedwig Sophia in 1690.
- King Adolf Friedrich of Sweden (1710-1771) – Adolf Friedrich and his consort Louisa Ulrika had turning chambers with seven lathes and rose engines. One of the rose engine lathes was known to have been purchased at the auction of Bonnier de la Mosson's cabinet in 1745. Some of lathes still remain at the Chinese Pavilion located at grounds of the Drottningholm Palace. One lathe is now at the Royal Armoury in Stockholm.
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