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Axel Einar Hjorth

(Sweden, 1888-1959)
Estimate
150 000 - 200 000 SEK
13 100 - 17 400 EUR
13 700 - 18 200 USD
Hammer price
370 000 SEK
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Axel Einar Hjorth
(Sweden, 1888-1959)

an "Utö" stained pine console table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930's.

Height 72 cm, width 170 cm, depth 55 cm.

Wear, the top carefully renovated.

Literature

Björk, Christian, Ekström, Thomas & Ericson, Eric, Axel Einar Hjorth: möbelarkitekt, Signum, Stockholm, 2009, p 130.

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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