Märta Måås-Fjetterström (b. Kimstad 1873, d. Helsingborg 1941)
“Vita Spetsporten” (The Gothic Portal). Handwoven wool carpet in “knotted relief pile” technique. White relief pattern on light brown base. Signed AB MMF. Designed 1934. Made by AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Sweden. L. 220 cm. W. 136 cm.
Literature: Tyra Lundgren: “Märta Måås-Fjetterström och väv-verkstaden i Båstad”, Stockholm 1968, mentioned p. 76, ill. fig. 42.
Liljevalchs konsthalls catalogue: “Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Märta flyger igen, 90 år med Märta Måås-Fjetterström”, Värnamo 2009, mentioned and ill. pp. 82–83.
“Vita Spetsporten” was originally designed in 1934 for Crown Princess Louise of Sweden, and examples have been given to the Queen of Denmark and the Queen of United Kingdom. Source: Tyra Lundgren: “Märta Måås-Fjetterström och väv-verkstaden i Båstad”, p. 76.
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