A carpet, "Hästhagen", knotted pile, ca 324 x 224 cm, signed AB MMF.
Designed in 1923, woven after 1941.
Provenance
Bukowskis auctions, 'Vårens Moderna Auktion (560', 2011, lot number 907.
Bukowskis auctions, 'Modern Art + design (624)', 2020, lot number 182.
Literature
Compare with Lundgren, Tyra: Märta Måås-Fjetterström och väv-verkstaden i Båstad, Stockholm 1968, colour plate opposite page 33; Millesgårdens utställningskatalog nr 20: Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Stockholm 1989, No. 9, colour plate page 16; Persson, Angelica: Se på mattorna - det är jag, 100 år av textil konst - sedan 1919, Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Båstad/Mölndal 2019, colour plate page 71; Skrifter från Kungl. Husgerådskammare 20, Nisser-Dalman, Margareta, Stockholm 2019, No. 50, page 60.
More information
"Hästhagen" was designed for the Gothenburg exhibition in 1923 and is considered one of Märta Måås-Fjetterström's central works. A carpet was made for th crown prince and princess, Olaf and Märta, of Norway.
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