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Axel Einar Hjorth

(Sweden, 1888-1959)
Estimate
30 000 - 40 000 SEK
2 680 - 3 580 EUR
2 830 - 3 770 USD
Hammer price
38 000 SEK
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Axel Einar Hjorth
(Sweden, 1888-1959)

a "Lovö" stained pine bookshelf, Nordiska Kompaniet Sweden 1930's.

Length 185 cm, width 35 cm, height 110 cm. Key included.

More information

The drawing for the bookcase "Lovö" in the Nordiska Kompaniet's archives is dated 1 August 1932.

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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