Märta Måås-Fjetterström
A CARPET, "Röda trädgårdsmattan", knotted pile, ca 327 x 232 cm, signed AB MMF
(AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström). Designed in 1923. Designed after 1941.
The part of the edge with the signature is sewn onto the back. Little partly a little harder wear, slightly dirty, stains. The sides and ends have minor fold wear, all fringes are missing.
Provenance
Bukowskis Moderna the autumn auction 2004 # 872.
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 plates pages 79, 104-105.
More information
"Svarta trädgårdsmattan" has also been woven in a large size for a conference room at Svenska Handelsbanken, Stockholm.