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.
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