Axel Einar Hjorth
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An Axel Einar Hjorth stained pine corner cabinet, NK 1940's.
Height 190 cm, width 90 cm, depth 75 cm. Key included.
Minor damages and wear.
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Möbeln är del av ett möblemang i furu beställda till en sportstuga i Östergötland. I beställningen ingick, förutom ett matbord med stolar, modell "Lovö", även en soffa, ett par pallar, gungstol, samt hörnskåp. Möblerna har sedan 1930-40 talet stått i en jaktstuga i Reijmyre. Fastigheten ägdes tidigare av Reijmyre glasbruk, men såldes sedan till en köpman Haglund i Norrköping. Kung Gustav V var vän med brukspatronen och de jagade tillsammans i Reijmyre-skogarna. Köpman Haglund var en välbärgad man och ställde i ordning jaktstugan med sportsugemöblerna för att kungen skulle vistas där vid jaktsammankomsterna.
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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