Axel Einar Hjorth
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a "Sandhamn" stained pine and granite top table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930's.
Length 71,5 cm, width 45 cm, height 56 cm.
Normal wear. The top possibly later.
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This table was ordered to a flat at Norr Mälarstrand in Stockholm and was later inherited by ancestors to the woman in the family born in 1898.
In the estate inventory dated in 1956 the table was described as a stone top flower table and the value given was 30 :-
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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