Axel Einar Hjorth
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an "O.K." dining table, Nordiska Kompaniet, 1937.
Vavonna burl top, base in stained birch, manufacturer's label NK R 40277 - C 5 16 37 and NK A·B· NORDISKA KOMPANIET STOCKHOLM. 105 x 105 cm, height 74 cm. Two additional leaves of 60 cm each are included (total length 225 cm).
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Exhibitions
The model was introduced at the Nordiska Kompaniet spring exhibition in 1937.
Literature
Model illustrated in an advertisement in SvD 13/3 1938.
More information
Drawing number 40277 in NK's customer ledger in the archives of the Nordic Museum is recorded on 19 January 1937 with the client being the spring exhibition of 1937.
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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