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Märta Måås-Fjetterström

(Sweden, 1873-1941)
Estimate
30 000 - 40 000 SEK
2 650 - 3 540 EUR
2 720 - 3 620 USD
Hammer price
48 000 SEK
Purchasing info
Märta Måås-Fjetterström
(Sweden, 1873-1941)

a carpet, "Älgö", knotted pile, ca 338 x 236,5-239,5 cm, signed MMF.

Designed in 1933, woven before 1942. Angelica Persson, Senior Executive at Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB, writes in the book Se på mattorna - det är jag, 100 år av textil konst - sedan 1919, Märta Måås-Fjetterström: "Älgö, a knotted pile rug designed for Älgö Palace in 1933 measuring 225 x 340 cm. "I am pleased with this rug", MMF told the artisan weavers according to a note in the studio in Båstad." (Rare).

Some partly hard wear, slightly dirty, stains, minor holes. Slightly damaged machine made ends (including the signature that has been partially remade), all fringes are missing.

Literature

Compare with 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 126.