Axel Einar Hjorth
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a Swedish Grace version of the model 'Borgen', sideboard, Nordiska Kompaniet, 1930s.
Palisander, ebonised and silver painted details, the centre with black lacquered interior behind a craquelée lacquered fall-front, columns at each end. 255 x 36 cm, height 75 cm.
Wear, minor damages.
Provenance
Fredrik Anderzon, manager of the brewery Nässjö Bryggeri 1936-1964. He had a modernist summerhouse designed for him in 1936. These pieces of furniture formed part of the interior decoration.
Exhibitions
1930 Stockholm exhibition, the sideboard of model 'Borgen' was exhibited in the Nordiska Kompaniet's showroom for 'Luxurious interiors'. The exhibition piece had columns of steel, this version have columns of black lacquered wood.
Literature
Ch Björk, Th Ekström, E Ericson, ibid, see illustration from the Stockholm 1930 exhibition p 92.
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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