a "Typenko" bookcase, Nordiska Kompaniet 1930s.
Black-stained birch, marked with metal tag NK R 36109 C 19962. Length 110 cm, width 35 cm, height 65 cm.
Wear, renovated and varnished, dry crack, veneer damage underneath.
Otto Schulz (ed.), "Boet: Månadsskrift för Hemkultur, Hantverk och Konstindustri", 1932, compare p. 193.
Designed in 1931. The present bookcase is a slightly shorter and likely specially commissioned variant.
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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