Märta Måås-Fjetterström
A CARPET, "Vita spetsporten", knotted pile in relief, ca 177,5 x 121 cm, signed MMF
(Märta Måås-Fjetterström). Designed in 1934. Woven before 1942.
Some partly harder wear, dirty, stains. Damaged fringes, most of them are missing.
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Provenance
The collection of Mr. George N. Jeppson, Massachusetts, USA; by descent.
Literature
Compare with Thorman, Elisabeth: Svenska mattor, utställning på Akademien för de Fria Konsterna, Stockholm 1945, plate No VI; Katalogen Märta Måås-Fjetterström och verkstaden i Båstad, Stockholm 1951, plate page 12; Lundgren, Tyra: Märta Måås-Fjetterström och väv-verkstaden i Båstad, Stockholm 1968, plate No 42; af Klercker, Susanne: Antikt - Bukowskis experter berättar, Västerås/Spanien 2006, colour plate page 178; Liljevalchs konsthalls katalog: Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Märta flyger igen, 90 år med Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Värnamo 2009, colour plate and text pages 82-83, 130.
More information
The lot was originally part of the George N. Jeppson collection in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
When George N. Jeppson passed away in 1962, he was regarded as one of America's most prominent Swedish Americans. His father, originally from Höganäs, Skåne, in the south of Sweden emigrated to Massachusetts, and founded the successful abrasives manufacturing company Norton Co., in which George, after studies at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, pursued a career. Jeppson advanced within the company and after several years as managing director, he became president in 1941 and later CEO.
George N. Jeppson placed great importance on his Swedish origins and heritage, and for his contributions to the economic and cultural relations between the United States and Sweden, he received a number of official awards and recognitions. In conjunction with the 1938 celebration marking the 300-year anniversary of the founding of the New Sweden colony on the eastern coast of North America, he was appointed to commander of the Royal Order of Vasa.
The Jeppson family home in Worcester, Massachusetts, which, among other prominent guests, was visited by Prince Bertil of Sweden, displayed Swedish art and crafts of the highest quality. The art collection contained important works by Gustaf Fjæstad and Bruno Liljefors, acquired by Fritzes Kungl. Hovbokhandel in Stockholm and then shipped to USA with S.S. Kungsholm. Some of the most impressive elements of the interior of the house, however, were the carpets by Märta Måås-Fjetterström in Båstad. The carpets are early and, in some cases, unique specimens manufactured under the supervision of Måås-Fjetterström herself in 1936. In addition, a number of these were also custom made and had been designed based on Jeppson's specific wishes, as evidenced by preserved correspondence with MMF.
Important Winter Sale includes further ten lots (three paintings and seven carpets/textiles) from the George N. Jeppson collection; lots: 264, 265, 334, 187, 195, 196, 199, 200, 201 and 202.