a carpet, "Tornet", knotted pile, ca 298-304,5 x 202,5-205,5 cm, signed AB MMF.
Designed in 1931, woven after 1941. In the book "Look at the carpets - it's me, 100 years of textile art - since 1919, Märta Måås-Fjetterström" Angelica Persson at MMF AB writes : "On her return from New York in 1931, MMF designed the knotted pile rug Tornet. It was displayed for a few days in Stockholm and Gothenburg before it was shipped to the Swedish Exhibition of Industrial Arts & Crafts in London".
Some partly harder wear, dirty, stains, minor damages. The sides have fold wear, the damaged flax edge at the ends folded and sewn on the back with a ribbon.
Compare with Mattor och Vävnader - Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson, Marianne Richter, Ann-Mari Forsberg, Båstad 1956, plate 10; Lundgren, Tyra: Märta Måås-Fjetterström och väv-verkstaden i Båstad, Stockholm 1968, plate 37; Skrifter från Kungl. Husgerådskammaren 20, Nisser-Dalman, Margareta, Stockholm 2019, No. 28, pages 37, 58; 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 plates pages 115, 138.