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Märta Måås-Fjetterström
Early 'Stjärnor på rödt' (Stars on red) rug
- Estimate
- £20,000 - 30,000
£25,000
Lot Details
Handwoven wool on a linen warp.
designed and executed 1913-1919
410 x 292 cm (161 3/8 x 114 7/8 in.)
Hand-stitched at a later date with designer's intials MMF.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Phillips wishes to thank Angelica Persson from Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB for her assistance cataloguing the present lot.
Between 1913 and 1919 Märta Måås-Fjetterström co-directed the newly established weaving school at the Föreningen för Svensk Hemslöjd (Association of Swedish Handicraft) in Vittsjö in the northern Skåne countryside. The position afforded Måås-Fjetterström the freedom to begin developing her own designs, techniques, and working methods, including creating watercolour drawings and yarn samples from which her designs could be interpreted and executed by skilled weavers. It was during this early period that Måås-Fjetterström designed the present rug entitled 'Stjärnor på rödt' (Stars on red), which was likely woven by her students at the weaving school. When Måås-Fjetterström left the school in 1919 to open her own studio in Båstad, she invited several of her former students to work with her, subsequently establishing a renowned practice of over twenty professional crafts women. Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB will celebrate their centenary in 2019.
Between 1913 and 1919 Märta Måås-Fjetterström co-directed the newly established weaving school at the Föreningen för Svensk Hemslöjd (Association of Swedish Handicraft) in Vittsjö in the northern Skåne countryside. The position afforded Måås-Fjetterström the freedom to begin developing her own designs, techniques, and working methods, including creating watercolour drawings and yarn samples from which her designs could be interpreted and executed by skilled weavers. It was during this early period that Måås-Fjetterström designed the present rug entitled 'Stjärnor på rödt' (Stars on red), which was likely woven by her students at the weaving school. When Måås-Fjetterström left the school in 1919 to open her own studio in Båstad, she invited several of her former students to work with her, subsequently establishing a renowned practice of over twenty professional crafts women. Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB will celebrate their centenary in 2019.