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Märta Måås-Fjetterström

(Sweden, 1873-1941)
Estimate
60 000 - 80 000 SEK
5 360 - 7 150 EUR
5 450 - 7 260 USD
Hammer price
145 000 SEK
Purchasing info
Märta Måås-Fjetterström
(Sweden, 1873-1941)

a carpet, "Hästhagen", knotted pile, ca 340-343,5 x 218-224 cm, signed AB MMF.

Designed in 1923, woven after 1941.

Some partly harder wear, slightly dirty, stains, minor damages. Later fringes made at Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB, some fringes are insignificantly worn.

Literature

Compare with Lundgren, Tyra: Märta Måås-Fjetterström och väv-verkstaden i Båstad, Stockholm 1968, colour plate opposite page 33; Millesgårdens utställningskatalog nr 20: Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Stockholm 1989, No. 9, colour plate page 16; Persson, Angelica: Se på mattorna - det är jag, 100 år av textil konst - sedan 1919, Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Båstad/Mölndal 2019, colour plate page 71; Skrifter från Kungl. Husgerådskammare 20, Nisser-Dalman, Margareta, Stockholm 2019, No. 50, page 60; 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 plate page 71.

More information

"Hästhagen" was designed for the Gothenburg exhibition in 1923 and is considered one of Märta Måås-Fjetterström's central works. Examples were made among others to the Princess Märta and the then Crown Prince Olaf of Norway.