an olive ash wood and maple sideboard, 'Birka', Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden ca 1935.
The interior with shelves behind double doors, one door with three drawers behind it, maker's metal labels. 165 x 48 cm, height 71,5 cm. Key included.
Veneer losses.
This sideboard (referred to as a "chest -kista" in the Nordiska Kompaniet archive) was ordered by a Stockholm family along with a dining table and chairs in the mid-1930s, and has remained in the same family since then.
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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