This is just a guess ... could this piece be from the Carl Malmsten factory that sold to the Nordiska department stores? See http://malmsten.se/about-carl/ and also google Nordiska as well as other early Swedish furniture designers, although it seems Malmsten signed his pieces "CM" which is what the initials on your piece look like to me. Good luck! JB
than you for your assistance. It does seem to be from that era. At least I can start my research. The back has a cutout and I need to find out if that was intentional or was removed later on. have a good day everyone.