Axel Einar Hjorth
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a pair of showcase cabinets, from the fashion boutique Oscar Baeckmans, Nordiska Kompaniet, Stockholm 1929.
Nickel plated steel, glass, the front with doors, patinated metal base and top, interior with checkerboard veneered base and roof, adjustable shelves in steel and glass, height 170 cm, width 100 cm, depth 48 cm.
Damages. Wear. Two metal linings to interior missing.
Provenance
The fashion store, Oscar Baeckmans, Kungsgatan, Stockholm, the interior designed by Axel Einar Hjorth.
Later acquired by Rolf Walter.
Literature
Contemporary articles, 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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