Axel Einar Hjorth
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a stained pine 'Skoga' stool, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930s.
Marked with number 37224, height ca 45 cm, diameter 40 cm.
Wear. One leg loose.
Provenance
Margit Wilson, daughter of the master chimney sweep Fritjof Blomqvist.
Fritjof Blomqvist bought the stool for the home in Äppelviken where he lived with his wife Emma and daughter Margit (born 1917). There were originally two stools, but one of them was unfortunately destroyed.
Thence by descent.
More information
According to the NK archives the drawing is dated 1933-05-11.
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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