Axel Einar Hjorth
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a display cabinet, probably by the master cabinetmaker Albin Johansson, Sweden c. 1927.
This is a version of the model shown in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1927. Birch, partly stained, stylized, carved relief decoration, mounted on a base, height 142 cm, width 107 cm, depth 40 cm. Key included.
Minor nicks to framework.
Exhibitions
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Arts in 1927, a version of this cabinet was included in the exhibition "Swedish Contemporary Decorative Arts".
Literature
Christian Björk, Thomas Ekström, Eric Ericson, "Axel Einar Hjorth Möbelarkitekt", Signum, Lund 2009, p 29.
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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