Nordiska Kompaniet
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a Swedish Modern oak sofa table "NK Hantverk", Sweden 1947.
Base in white stained oak, red limestone top with decoration in relief, brickmärkt NK R 579 630 C 18 6 47 samt brännstämplat NK Hantverk ark., height 52 cm, length 110 cm, width 60 cm.
Minor wear. The base with chips.
Provenance
"NK-Hantverk" Nordiska Kompaniet, Stockholm 1947.
Literature
Form: Svenska slöjdföreningens tidskrift, Svenska slöjdföreningen, Stockholm, 1947, p. 162-164.
More information
NK-Hantverk was an exclusive line of furniture presented in 1947. Designers such as, Carl Axel Acking, Eyvind Beckman, Torsten Clason and Christian Fallesen was involved. This table has a signature that is blurred.
The chairs placed with the table at the exhibition 1947 are designed by Eyvind Beckman (find picture in the catalogue)
Designer
Nordiska Kompaniets verkstäder (the Nordiska Kompaniet workshops) were a Swedish manufacturer of furniture and lighting fixtures for the department store Nordiska Kompaniet (NK) between 1904 and 1973. The company had its factory in Nyköping and was once the city's largest industry. In the workshops, both specially commissioned and serially produced furniture were executed. During the 1920s, NK's workshops produced interiors for many public buildings including the Concert Hall in Stockholm and the offices of the Swedish Match Company. From the 1930s and onwards, commissioned interior design projects were an essential part of the workshops' output. The architect Carl Bergsten was chief architect at the workshops between 1917 and 1921, and Axel Einar Hjorth held the position between 1927 and 1938.
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