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Axel Einar Hjorth

(Sweden, 1888-1959)
Estimate
200 000 - 300 000 SEK
19 000 - 28 500 EUR
20 000 - 29 900 USD
Hammer price
210 000 SEK
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Karl Green
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Karl Green
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Axel Einar Hjorth
(Sweden, 1888-1959)

a stained pine "Lovö" cabinet, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden, 1930s.

Wrought iron fittings, a pair of doors with underlying shelf and drawer fittings. Length 102 cm, depth 46 cm, height 155 cm.

Wear, slightly warped door. Lock case is missing. Key missing. Keys missing.

Provenance

Acquired in connection with a house purchase in southern Sweden by the current owner's grandfather in the 1970s.

More information

Designed in 1932.

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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