A CARPET, "Svarta trädgårdsmattan", knotted pile, ca 351 x 223,5 cm, signed AB MMF
(AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström). Designed in 1923. Woven after 1941.
Some wear, dirty, stains, insignificant damages. The sides have minor fold wear, damaged ends and fringes, most of the fringes are missing.
Compare with Lundgren, Tyra: Märta Måås-Fjetterström och väv-verkstaden i Båstad, Stockholm 1968, colour plate opposite page 32; Liljevalchs konsthalls katalog: Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Märta flyger igen, 90 år med Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Värnamo 2009, colour plate page 79, 104-105.
"Svarta trädgårdsmattan" has also been woven in a large size for a conference room at Svenska Handelsbanken, Stockholm.