'Lovö' Pine Side Table

An Axel Einar Hjorth 'Lovö' table, manufactured by Nordiska Kompaniet in the 1930s
Model designed in1932

PROVENANCE:
Sports cottage on Storholmen in the Stockholm archipelago. The house was built around 1934 and furnished with furniture designed by Axel Einar Hjorth

Hjorth's Sportstugemöbler collection was intended for Swedish summer houses of his design, displaying a mix of modernism and provisional handicraft espoused by the designer during the 1930s. These (usually unlabelled) pieces were named after Stockholm's archipelago islands, including Blidö, Sandhamn, Toro and Lovö
 
Hjorth was always happy to combine a range of styles, including the linear compositions of French Art Deco, the solidity and weight of brutalism and the rustic charms of the Arts & Crafts (Svensk Form)