MATTO, "Gröna rabatten", knotted pile, ca 329,5 x 229,5 cm, signed AB MMF BN
(AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson). Designed in 1944.
Some wear, slightly dirty, stains among which one has a discoloration. One end has insignificant damages, a few fringes are damaged, a few are missing. The edge at the ends and the fringes are possibly later.
Carl-Erik Björkegren's collection.
Private Swedish collection.
Compare with Märta Måås-Fjetterström och verkstaden i Båstad, Stockholm 1951, plate 28; Plath, Iona: The Decorative Arts of Sweden, New York 1966, plate page 46; Harrison Beer, Eileena: Scandinavian Design, USA 1976, plate page 134; Liljevalchs konsthalls katalog: Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Märta flyger igen, 90 år med Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Värnamo 2009, colour plate pages 146-147.
One "Rabatten" exists at the Malmö museum, one "Rabatten grön" was woven for Svenska Handelskammaren in London.