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Axel Einar Hjorth

(Sweden, 1888-1959)
Estimate
60 000 - 80 000 SEK
5 360 - 7 150 EUR
5 660 - 7 550 USD
Hammer price
85 000 SEK
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Axel Einar Hjorth
(Sweden, 1888-1959)

a stained pine "Utö" table, Nordiska Kompaniet 1930's.

Length 69 cm, width 55 cm, height 47 cm.

Wear and crack.

Provenance

The Swedish regement Ka3 Gotland, stamped underneith: OFFICERSMÄSSEN

Designer

Axel Einar Hjorth is considered one of Sweden's most significant furniture designers during the 1920s and 30s. Hjorth's early employers included Svenska Möbelfabrikerna in Bodafors and the Stockholm Crafts Association. The big breakthrough came as chief architect for Nordiska Kompaniet, a position he took up in 1927 and held until 1938. Hjorth's first major assignment was the Nordiska Kompaniet's lavish stand at the World Exhibition in Barcelona in 1929, to then participate in several major international exhibitions during the following decade. In 1929, Hjorth also breaks new ground and designs the first series of rustic furniture in stained pine, the so-called sports cabin furniture that was named "Lovö", "Utö" and "Sandhamn" after the islands in the Stockholm archipelago.

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