Märta Måås-Fjetterström (b. Kimstad 1873, d. Helsingborg 1941)
“Höstmattan”. Handwoven wool carpet in “rölakan” flat weave technique with geometric pattern on light base. Signed AB MMF. Designed 1918. This example made after 1941 by Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB, Sweden. L. 300 cm. W. 198 cm.
This design was first made for Hotell Skånegården. It was originally named “Black and White” but renamed “Höstmattan” by the first client, Ludvig Nobel, the founder of Hotel Skånegården.
Literature: Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB “Look at the rugs, Find Me, 100 years of textile art – since 1919”, Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB 2019, p. 53.
Silver, ceramics, furniture, lamps and carpets, 9 December 2021