Axel Einar Hjorth
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a "Typenko" bar cabinet, Nordiska Kompaniet, 1930s.
Stained birch, a pair of doors with a shelving unit behind, bottom with two pull-out drawers, on roller casters, glass top, manufacturer's label underneath NK R 36770 - C 5 3 35 and internally A.B. NORDISKA KOMPANIET NK STOCKHOLM. Length 68 cm, depth 36 cm, height 62.5 cm.
Wear, scuff marks and scratches. The wheels are somewhat loose and wobbly/difficult to steer.
Provenance
NK's Furniture, Sörmland Museum 11 March 2023–10 March 2024
Exhibitions
Sörmland Museum, Nyköping, "NK:s Möbler", 11 March 2023 – 10 March 2024.
Literature
Illustrated in the 1936 catalogue.
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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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