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Axel Einar Hjorth

(Sweden, 1888-1959)
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Axel Einar Hjorth, a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Estimate
200 000 - 250 000 SEK
17 700 - 22 100 EUR
18 400 - 23 000 USD
Hammer price
300 000 SEK
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Axel Einar Hjorth
(Sweden, 1888-1959)

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

Marked undernetah with pencil: "13/6 1939", measurements 69 x 54.5 cm, height 48 cm.

Minor wear and marks.

Provenance

The underside of the table marked with pencil: "13/6 1939". Dr. Englund bought the small table at Nordiska Kompaniet in Stockholm for his summer residence, a small island in Stockholm's outer archipelago. On the island, which was purchased a couple of years earlier, Dr. Englund had a small log cottage built from old logs from the demolished mission house in Spillersboda. The seller tells: "My father bought the table at NK when he wanted to decorate the cottage he built on Tättgrundet, which is next to Norröra, where the films "Saltkråkan" were filmed. He was interested in antiques and beautiful objects and decorated the cottage in a style inspired by Zorn and Dala cottages".

There in the old cabin on the "Doctor's Isle" as the island was sometimes called, the table has stood in the same place for over eighty years. The cottage eventually came to house a large family with four children. One of the daughters was the glass artist Eva Englund.

Designer

Axel Einar Hjorth was one of Sweden's most significant furniture designers during the Swedish Grace era. He is also known for designing the so-called sports cabin furniture in pine.

Head designer of NK (Nordiska Kompaniet) furniture department 1927-38. His first significant project was NK's exclusive showcase at the International World Fair in Barcelona in 1929, where he presented the cabinet 'Louis' and the model 'Caesar'. In the 1930's he designed more basic models for serial production and rustic furniture in pinewood.

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