30. Axel Einar Hjorth
1888-1959
’Caesar’ console, 1935 Macassar ebony-veneered wood, macassar ebony. 70.3 x 137.5 x 38.2 cm (27 5/8 x 54 1/8 x 15 in.) Produced by AB Nordiska Kompaniet, Stockholm, Sweden. Underside of tabletop with manufacturer’s metal label impressed with register number NK R38737 - C27410. Estimate £15,000-20,000 $19,700-26,300 €17,400-23,200 Literature Christian Björk, Thomas Ekström and Eric Ericson, Axel Einar Hjorth: Möbelarkitekt, Stockholm, 2009, pp. 38-39, 77, 111 for similar examples The present model is registered in the Nordiska museet digital archive as number 38737. Phillips wishes to thank Thomas Ekström for his assistance with the cataloguing of the present lot.
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