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Kaisa Melanton

(Sweden, 1920-2012)
Estimate
40 000 - 60 000 SEK
3 900 - 5 850 EUR
4 530 - 6 800 USD
Hammer price
26 000 SEK
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Kaisa Melanton
(Sweden, 1920-2012)

A CARPET, "Skärgårdsmattan", knotted pile, ca 266,5 x 185,5 cm, signed AB MMF KM

(AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Kaisa Melanton). Designed in 1974.

Little wear, dirty, minor stains.

Literature

Compare with Stensman, Mailis: Ännu Mera Mattor från Märta Måås-Fjetterströms ateljé i Båstad 1919-1999, Uddevalla 1999, text and plate pages 16-17; Liljevalchs konsthalls katalog: Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Märta flyger igen, 90 år med Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Värnamo 2009, colour plate page 175.

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Kaisa Melanton was the first professor of textile art in Sweden. She became the Artistic Director for the atelier Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB 1970–1975.