Swedish textile artist Märta Måås-Fjetterström (1873-1941) was one of the pioneers of 20th century textile design, renowned for her hand-woven rugs and tapestries that combine artistic significance with an outstanding material quality. Måås-Fjetterström graduated from the School of Industrial Arts in Stockholm in 1895. After a career at the weaving studio at the Lund Museum of Cultural History and a position as director of the Malmöhus County Handicraft Association she founded her own textile workshop in the little town of Båstad in 1919.
Märta Måås-Fjetterström
Swedish textile artist Märta Måås-Fjetterström (1873-1941) was one of the pioneers of 20th century textile design, renowned for her hand-woven rugs and tapestries that combine artistic significance with an outstanding material quality. Måås-Fjetterström graduated from the School of Industrial Arts in Stockholm in 1895. After a career at the weaving studio at the Lund Museum of Cultural History and a position as director of the Malmöhus County Handicraft Association she founded her own textile workshop in the little town of Båstad in 1919.
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Märta Måås-Fjetterström
€24,000.00Designed 1933 Signed 'AB MMF' Width including fringe: 332 cm Literature: Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB ‘Look at the rugs – Find Me – 100 years of textile art – since 1919’, Märta…
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Märta Måås-Fjetterström
Early flatweave rug, ‘Viggbård’
€20,000.00Designed 1924 Signed 'MMF' – woven before 1942 Width including fringe: 312 Literature: Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB ‘Look at the rugs – Find Me – 100 years of textile art – since…
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Märta Måås-Fjetterström
€38,000.00Designed 1937 Signed 'AB MMF' Width including fringe: 316 cm Literature: Märta Måås-Fjetterström, ‘Märta flyger igen, 90 år med Märta Måås-Fjetterström’, Liljevalchs katalog 2009, p. 133
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Märta Måås-Fjetterström
€16,000.00A rare and early rug with a large polychrome stripe pattern and borders with shifting patterns Signed MMF - woven before 1942 Width including fringe: 318 cm
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Märta Måås-Fjetterström
€10,000.00Green Meadow - Designed in 1928 Signed AB MMF Literature: Märta Måås-Fjetterström, ‘Märta flyger igen, 90 år med Märta Måås-Fjetterström’, Liljevalchs katalog 2009, p. 112 Width including fringes 275 cm
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Märta Måås-Fjetterström
Large early rug, ‘Tusenskönan’
€55,000.00‘Tusenskönan’ was initially woven for the 1933 exhibition at the Röhsska Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden. Early example made before 1941 - signed MMF Literature: Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB ‘Look at the rugs –…
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Märta Måås-Fjetterström
Large early rug, ‘Röd Grön Äng’
€44,000.00Designed in 1929 ‘Röd Grön Äng’ (‘Red Green Meadow’) Early example made before 1941 - signed MMF Literature: Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB ‘Look at the rugs – Find Me – 100 years…
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Märta Måås-Fjetterström
€45,000.00Designed in 1918 ‘Höstmattan’ (‘Autumn rug'), originally named 'Svart och Vit' was inspired by the Nordic autumn Early example made before 1941 - Signed MMF Literature: Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB ‘Look at…
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Märta Måås-Fjetterström
€40,000.00Designed in 1923 'Svarta Trädgårdsmattan' ('Black garden rug)', inspired by the fertile Scandinavian soil. Signed AB MMF Literature: Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB ‘Look at the rugs - Find Me - 100…
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Märta Måås-Fjetterström
€18,000.00A rare and early rug with a large palette of different colors, most likely designed and executed in the period between 1913-19. Signed MMF
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Märta Måås-Fjetterström
€12,500.00Designed in 1932 ‘Nyponblomman’ (‘Rosehip'), inspired by the rosehip bushes that grow along the Swedish shoreline. Signed AB MMF Literature: Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB ‘Look at the rugs – Find Me –…
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Märta Måås-Fjetterström
€15,000.00Designed in 1931 ‘Bruna Heden’ (‘Brown Heath)’, inspired by the heath on the hillsides of Bådstad, Sweden. Signed AB MMF Literature: Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB ‘Look at the rugs - Find…