A carpet, "Joakim", knotted pile, ca 278,5-280 x 187-192 cm, signed AB MMF
(AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström). Designed in 1929 for the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition. Woven after 1941.
Some wear, slightly dirty, stains. The sides and ends have fold wear, ribbon lined ends among which one end has two small tears.
Skrifter från Kungl. Husgerådskammare 20, Nisser-Dalman, Margareta, Stockholm 2019, No. 6, 43, pages 27, 59; Angelica Persson, Ehrling Braghfors, Ulrik Swedrup: Se på mattorna - det är jag, 100 år av textil konst - sedan 1919, Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Båstad/Mölndal 2019, colour plates page 81.
One "Joakim" was woven for the living room at Haga Palace in 1937.