Axel Einar Hjorth
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a stained pine easy chair "Utö", Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930's.
Wave-pattern to the backrest and lower sides, upholstered seat, loose cushion. Height 86 cm, width 64 cm, seat height ca 46 cm.
Minor wear.
Provenance
This chair comes from a "Sportstuga" built in 1932 at Mjölkö in the Stockholm archipelago.
Literature
Björk, Christian, Ekström, Thomas & Ericson, Eric, Axel Einar Hjorth: möbelarkitekt, Signum, Stockholm, 2009, compare the sofa in the same series depicted p 133.
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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