a stained pine table "Lovö", Nordiska Kompaniet Sweden 1930's.
Square, 50 x 50 cm, height 50 cm.
Minor wear, stains.
This table comes from an interior of a cottage, "Sportstuga", built in 1932 at Mjölkö in the Stockholm archipelago.
Axel Einar Hjorth was one of Sweden's most significant furniture designers during the Swedish Grace era. He is also known for designing the so-called sports cabin furniture in pine.
Head designer of NK (Nordiska Kompaniet) furniture department 1927-38. His first significant project was NK's exclusive showcase at the International World Fair in Barcelona in 1929, where he presented the cabinet 'Louis' and the model 'Caesar'. In the 1930's he designed more basic models for serial production and rustic furniture in pinewood.
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