Axel Einar Hjorth
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a rare pair of armchairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, 1930.
Chromed steel frame, seat and back upholstered in nailed black leather, manufacturer's metal label NK R 34729 - C 23680. Width 59 cm, height 82 cm, seat height 44 cm.
Wear, a back with a tear at the top.
Provenance
Shoe shop Oscaria, Stockholm, opened in 1930.
Interior architect Jack Weil (1939-2024), Stockholm.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
See interior image from Oscaria in the Nordiska Kompaniet archive and advertisement in a brochure for Nordiska Kompaniet's commissioned interiors dated 1930.
More information
The model was designed in 1930 and has been used in several interiors executed by Nordiska Kompaniet, notably the Tösse bakery in Stockholm. For the shoe store Oscaria on Hamngatan, both the fixed furnishings as well as the furniture and lighting were carried out by NK. The drawing for the present model in NK's customer ledger in the Nordic Museum's archive is dated 6 March 1930.
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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