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Märta Måås-Fjetterström

(Sweden, 1873-1941)
Estimate
100 000 - 150 000 SEK
8 910 - 13 400 EUR
9 100 - 13 600 USD
Hammer price
80 000 SEK
Purchasing info
Märta Måås-Fjetterström
(Sweden, 1873-1941)

A CARPET, "Svarta trädgårdsmattan", knotted pile, ca 384-385,5 x 289-303 cm, signed MMF.

Designed for the Gothenburg exhibition in 1923. Woven before 1942.

Some partly hard wear, slightly dirty, stains, minor discoloured areas, repairs. The sides have minor fold wear, the ends have all fringes missing, one end has the flax edge missing.

Literature

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; Persson, Angelica: Se på mattorna - det är jag, 100 år av textil konst - sedan 1919, Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Båstad/Mölndal 2019, colour plates pages 60-61; Skrifter från Kungl. Husgerådskammare 20, Nisser-Dalman, Margareta, Stockholm 2019, No. 55, page 60.

More information

"Svarta trädgårdsmattan" has also been woven in a large size for a conference room at Svenska Handelsbanken, Stockholm.