Axel Einar Hjorth
MATBORD/BIBLIOTEKSBORD, art deco,"Charles", Axel Einar Hjort, samt STOLAR, 4+2, "Cronwall", Nordiska Kompaniet,1940-tal.
Ek. Rektangulär skiva på kopplade ben med balusterdockor. Skuren dekor. Längd 160 cm, bredd 80 cm, höjd 75 cm. Stolar, 4 st och karmstolar, 2 st, barockstil, ek och rotting, spiralvridna kopplade ben, stoppade sitsar klädda i grön textil fäst med tellikor. Samtliga brickmärkta Nordiska Kompaniet utom karmstolarna.
Ritningen för bordet daterad 1943, stolarna 1942.
Slitage. Repor. Rotting med skador. Bordets underrede med avslag, skador. Karmstolar ej brickmärkta.
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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