a carpet, 'Storkorset' ('Åhléns matta'), knotted pile, c. 380 x 323 cm, signed MMF.
Designed and delivered on 17 December 1934. Woven by the weavers Astrid Samuelsson and Anna Gustafsson. The present carpet is one of only two woven examples of 'Storkorset,' of which this is the first. Bukowskis thanks AB MMF's Senior Executive Angelica Persson for assistance with this information.
The dimensions are 383 x 323 and not 380 x 323 cm as previously stated.
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Previous in the collection of Gösta Åhlén (1904-1986), Stockholm.
Thence by descent within the family.