SPORTSTUGEMÖBEL, a pine table, Nordiska Kompaniet, attributed to Axel Einar Hjorth, Sweden 1930's.
Measurements 131 x 74,5 cm, height 75 cm.
Wear, stains, loose top with damage to surface.
Georg Pehrsson's Konditori & Festvåning, Skellefteå, Sweden, thence by descent. There were also chairs model Lovö, see no 1180087 and 1180106.
Skellefteå museum, see some of the furniture illustrated from the dining room.
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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