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Axel Einar Hjorth

(Sweden, 1888-1959)
Estimate
50 000 - 60 000 SEK
4 470 - 5 360 EUR
4 720 - 5 660 USD
Hammer price
50 000 SEK
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Axel Einar Hjorth
(Sweden, 1888-1959)

a "Skoga" bench, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1933.

Dark stained pine, marked with NK label NK R 36366 - C 11 4 33, height 65 cm, length 210 cm, depth 45 cm.

Wear, dry cracks.

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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