Axel Einar Hjorth
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a 'Mora' table, Nordiska Kompaniet 1930, for the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition.
Oval shape, lacquered in ochre and black, relief decoration, metal label: NORDISKA KOMPANIET R 34552 - C22246. Length 50 cm, width 36 cm, height 60,5 cm.
The serial number C22246 implies that it was this actual table that was exhibited at the Stockholm Exhibition.
Restored, retouched.
Provenance
The 1930 Stockholm Exhibition, the model was shown together with a cabinet and two chairs also in the 'Mora -series' in the department for the more exclusive interiors at the exhibition.
Literature
Christian Björk, Thomas Ekström, Eric Ericson, "Axel-Einar Hjorth - Möbelarkitekt", Signum 2009, compare the model illustrated p 102.
More information
According to the Nordiska Kompaniet Archives, the drawing is dated 20/12 1929
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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