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TITLE: Commemorative plaque and book launch at Christinehof Country-House, Sweden DATE: 20th August 2004 ARTICLE CONTENT: Nearly a hundred invited guests gathered on a warm and beautiful August morning in the courtyard of the Christinehof country-house in southern Sweden. Introductory speeches were made by Fideikommissarie Carl Piper of the entailed estate of Christinehof & Högestad and by Director Lars Hansen of the IK Foundation & Company to mark the installation of a plaque commemorating the many years of cooperation between the organisations - a cooperation, involving a historical restoration and innovative management of the building and the park from 1990 to1997. During those years Stiftelsen IK - the Nordic sibling of IK Foundation & Company in the UK - was responsible for cataloguing the Christinehof archives and for locating them in the modern archive rooms as Stiftelsen IK then had its headquarters at Christinehof. This work was also the inspiration for the decision to publish the occasional series of documents, Piperska Handlingar. The day also saw the launch of edition No: 2 of Piperska Handlingar, entitled "Inventariüm uppå Meübler och Allahanda Hüüsgeråd wid Christinehofs Herregård Upprättadt Åhr 1758" [Inventory of Furniture and Household Goods at Christinehof Manor, set up in 1758]. The book is based on a unique inventory from 1758, which is still kept in the Christinehof archives. Author and textile-historian Viveka Hansen's descriptive texts provide unique glimpses into a world long past - an aristocratic home in the North European countryside nearly 250 years ago. After an address by the author, guests were guided through the palace - a tour which ended in the newly constructed archive building, where guests could study its rich contents, stretching back as far as the Danish nobleman Jockum Beck's founding of the pre-industrial manufacture of alum at Andrarum alumworks - which eventually were to become the foundation of the entailed estate. The edition has been dedicated to the inspiring spirit, then member of IK and Chief Inspector of Historic Monuments and Buildings, Carl Filip Mannerstråle (1924-2002). SEE ALSO: - IK Bookshop: Piperska Handlingar