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Märta Måås-Fjetterström
"Grön Äng" rug
- Estimate
- $50,000 - 70,000
$112,500
Lot Details
Handwoven wool on a linen warp.
designed 1928, executed 1947
212 3/4 x 155 in. (540.4 x 393.7 cm)
Produced by Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB, Båstad, Sweden. Woven by Marta Pålsson and Lisa Jansson. Woven with manufacturer's mark AB MMF.
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Catalogue Essay
The present "Grön Äng" rug, delivered to Nordiska kompaniet, Stockholm, November 21, 1947, was the largest production of the design. Due to its great width the borders were woven separately and then sewn onto the carpet center. The present lot has been registered by Märta Måås-Fjetterström with the MMF-number 3538.
Phillips wishes to thank Angelica Persson from Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB, for her assistance with the cataloguing of the present lot.
Phillips wishes to thank Angelica Persson from Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB, for her assistance with the cataloguing of the present lot.
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