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Nordiska Kompaniet

(Sweden, Founded in 1902)
Estimate
40 000 - 60 000 SEK
3 520 - 5 270 EUR
3 730 - 5 600 USD
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Karl Green
Stockholm
Karl Green
Specialist Modern and Contemporary Decorative Art & Design
+46 (0)700 07 94 25
Nordiska Kompaniet
(Sweden, Founded in 1902)

a walnut desk, specially commissioned variant of model "Caesar", 1943.

Veneered with walnut, on decorated legs ending in paw feet. Two drawers. Marked with metal label NK R 45034 - C 9830 and inside a drawer marked with metal label NK A·B· NORDISKA KOMPANIET STOCKHOLM. Length 100 cm, depth 60 cm, height 75 cm.

Wear and damage. Key missing.

Provenance

Plåtmanufaktur AB, Stockholm. Possibly commissioned by the company's CEO Knut Laurin (1909-1970), who took up his position in 1943, and was also a regular customer at Nordiska Kompaniet.

More information

NK's chief architect Axel Einar Hjorth designed the "Caesar" model series in 1928. The present cabinet is based upon that series and is part of a larger interior commissioned by Plåtmanufaktur AB in 1943. The drawing in NK's customer ledger in the archives of Nordiska Museet is dated July 19, 1943.