Axel Einar Hjorth, Library table

circa 1928
Burl birch and birch-veneered wood, walnut-veneered wood, birch.
28 7/8 x 58 1/2 x 31 in. (73.3 x 148.6 x 78.7 cm)
Produced by AB Nordiska Kompaniet, Stockholm, Sweden. Underside with manufacturer's metal label embossed AB NORDISKA KOMPANIET and impressed R33214 - C18444.

Provenance

Private collection, Munich
Phillips, London, "Important Design," October 18, 2018, lot 80
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Christian Björk, Thomas Ekström, and Eric Ericson, Axel Einar Hjorth: Möbelarkitekt, Stockholm, 2009, p. 63 for a similar example