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Axel Einar Hjorth

(Sweden, 1888-1959)
Estimate
150 000 - 200 000 SEK
13 300 - 17 700 EUR
13 600 - 18 100 USD
Hammer price
300 000 SEK
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Axel Einar Hjorth
(Sweden, 1888-1959)

a stained pine 'Utö' table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.

ca 69 x 55 cm, height 48,5 cm.

Wear and marks. Minor dry cracks.

Provenance

Acquired during the 1930s by a Norwegian living in Norway but did the interior shopping in Sweden. The picture in the catalogue dates 1941 and shows the family in their "hytte".

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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