Wilhelm Heinrich Hoffman

Den förgyllda tronstolen i Stortinget, den lagstiftande församlingen i Norge, är troligen snidad av Hoffman cirka 1847. Norges riksvapen lades till år 1906.

Wilhelm Heinrich Hoffman, född 26 mars 1813 i Bremen, död 5 december 1864 i Stockholm, var en tysk-svensk ornamentbildhuggare.

Han var gift med Emelie Conradine Walther samt far till Wilhelm Hoffman. Han värvades 1842 från Braunschweig för att utföra ornamentbildhuggeri på Stockholms slott. Tillsammans med Carl Ahlborn utförde han modellerna för gjutjärnskandelabrarna på Lejonbacken. Han utförde flera takrosetter, kassettfyllningar, balusterdockor och troféornament för Vita havet, Skära salongen, Spegelsalongen samt de olika ordensrummen. Till hans större arbeten hör tronen som användes vid Oscar I kröning i Trondheim 1847.

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Dronning Sonjas KunstStall (Queen Sonja Art Stable gallery museum exhibition Oslo Norway) utstilling Slottets håndverk. Tronstol 205x100cm Stortinget Riksvåpen løve 1846 eller seinere (Ceremonial throne in Norwegian Parliament) 03.jpg
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Photo from the exhibition "The crafts of the Palace - Created over 200 years" at the The Queen Sonja Art Stable by the Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway:
  • The Norwegian monarch's throne used during the ceremonial opening of the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) every fall. It is a gilded wooden chair adorned with decorative carvings, the national coat of arms (crowned Norwegian lion, royal banner), lion heads, lion paws, and deep red textile for the seat cushion, back, and armrests.
    • The origin of the throne is uncertain, but it is based on drawings for a throne made for the Swedish-Norwegian king Oscar I in 1846, either for a planned coronation in Norway or for the throne room at the Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway. The throne was introduced in the Stortinget in the 1860s and transferred there when King Oscar II closed the throne room at the Norwegian palace around 1880. The Swedish king's coat of arms was replaced by the Norwegian national coat of arms after the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905.
    • The museum's description:
Throne; Gold leaf, wood, textile, 205 × 100 cm; The Norwegian Parliament's art collection
His Majesty the King sits on this throne during the ceremonial opening of the Storting (the Norwegian Parliament) each year. The significance of the throne is emphasised by its size, rich ornamentation and the fact that it is covered in gold.
The gold that we see on the throne today is the work of a gilder a few years back, but the gesso layer beneath the gold is original. Gesso is a mixture of chalk and glue that is applied in several thin layers (polymer) and sanded to make the surface smooth and the wood grain as even as possible. It is believed that the matt parts of the throne were originally gilded with imitation gold leaf, which was commonly used in Norway during the 19th century to limit costs. The throne has been restored and regilded several times since it was originally made in the 1800s.