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Märta Måås-Fjetterström
"Joakim" rug
- Estimate
- $20,000 - 30,000
Lot Details
Knotted and woven wool on a linen warp.
designed 1929, woven 1938
131 1/2 x 85 3/4 in. (334 x 217.8 cm)
Produced by Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB, Båstad, Sweden, woven by Inger Ahlmann and Daggie Jansson. Woven with manufacturer's mark MMF. Together with a certificate of authenticity from Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB.
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Catalogue Essay
Designed by Märta Måås-Fjetterström in 1929 the first “Joakim” rug was cut down from its loom in 1930 and then exhibited the same year at the Stockholmsutställningen. The present lot was ordered by a building constructor for his home in Stockholm on October 28, 1938.
Gunhild Haller-Augot wrote in the Swedish periodical Form that “from a textile point of view, the large knotted pile rug “Joakim” is of particular interest. It has a modernist block pattern where there is nothing to remove or add. It is simply perfect in its kind and the border is a wonder in its originality and ingenuity (Form, no. 1, 1931).”
Phillips wishes to thank Angelica Persson from Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB, for her assistance with the cataloguing of the present lot.
Gunhild Haller-Augot wrote in the Swedish periodical Form that “from a textile point of view, the large knotted pile rug “Joakim” is of particular interest. It has a modernist block pattern where there is nothing to remove or add. It is simply perfect in its kind and the border is a wonder in its originality and ingenuity (Form, no. 1, 1931).”
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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