Attributed to Axel Einar Hjorth
Desk, Sweden, 1920
75.5 x 140.5 x 70.5cm
13014
Copyright The Artist
£ 18,000
Axel Einar Hjorth (1888–1959) was a Swedish architect and furniture designer whose work played an important role in the development of twentieth-century Scandinavian design. As chief architect and designer for...
Axel Einar Hjorth (1888–1959) was a Swedish architect and furniture designer whose work played an important role in the development of twentieth-century Scandinavian design. As chief architect and designer for Nordiska Kompaniet from 1927 to 1938, he developed furniture ranging from refined neoclassical interiors to more robust, rustic forms associated with his later country-house series. His designs are characterised by strong proportions, careful craftsmanship and an ability to combine traditional Swedish references with the cleaner lines of modernism.
Attributed to Hjorth and dating from the 1920s, this desk combines architectural clarity with richly worked decorative detail. The rectangular writing surface is supported on carved wooden feet, while a carved frieze runs beneath the top, adding a more ornamental rhythm to the otherwise restrained form. Three drawers a reset into the front and retain their original brass keys, preserving an important element of the desk’s original character. With its balance of functional simplicity and carved detailing, the work reflects the transition inSwedish furniture design during the 1920s between historicising craftsmanship and the more streamlined language that would define Scandinavian modernism.
Attributed to Hjorth and dating from the 1920s, this desk combines architectural clarity with richly worked decorative detail. The rectangular writing surface is supported on carved wooden feet, while a carved frieze runs beneath the top, adding a more ornamental rhythm to the otherwise restrained form. Three drawers a reset into the front and retain their original brass keys, preserving an important element of the desk’s original character. With its balance of functional simplicity and carved detailing, the work reflects the transition inSwedish furniture design during the 1920s between historicising craftsmanship and the more streamlined language that would define Scandinavian modernism.
