Märta Måås-Fjetterström(Sweden, 1873-1941)
a carpet, "Bäckahästen", flat weave, ca 306,5-310 x 203-205,5 cm, signed MMF.
A carpet, "Bäckahästen", flat weave, ca 306,5-310 x 203-205,5 cm, signed MMF.
Designed before 1918, woven before 1942. Märta Måås-Fjetterström designed this pattern during her time in Vittsjö between 1916-19. Two rows of mythological animals in octogons.
Some wear, dirty, stains, repairs. Later flax edges and fringes.
Literature
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 34.
More information
One example of "Bäckahästen" is in the collection of Nordiska museet, Stockholm.
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