As part of the first session of the year 2020, Design (1929-2008) on February 20th, PIASA is proud to present to collectors two carpets by Märta Måås-Fjetterström (1873-1941), one of the leading icons of Scandinavian textile production in the 20th century.
After a childhood spent in the shadow of the Cross, this pastor's daughter left the small town of Kimstad, invigorated year-round by the Baltic sea spray. The capital and the cultural openness it allows attracts her. She logically goes there and begins studying at the Stockholm University of Industrial Art before teaching herself drawing in Jönköping.
In 1902, she went to Lund where she began to draw models for fabrics. Her first designs were exhibited in Stockholm and acquired by the Röhsska Museum of Arts and Crafts.
The engineer Ludvig Nobel is seduced by her work and offers to open his own studio. At that time, she devoted herself exclusively to making carpets.
Marta Maas-Fjetterström (1873-1941) Tapis
Estimate : 22000 / 28000 €
The nature that surrounds her offers her an iconographic vocabulary that she deploys notably in the woven wool carpet (MMF AB) made around 1947. On a yellow background, the flower motifs are harmoniously distributed. Characterized by the softness of its chromatic range, this carpet is offered for sale with an estimate of between 22,000 and 28,000.
Designed the same year, this other piece stands out by the presence of figurative elements. On a background where geometric shapes are repeated over and over again, animals graze peacefully. This density is reminiscent of the traditional costumes of the minorities of the Scandinavian peninsula, led by the Sámi.
Marta Maas-Fjetterström (1873-1941) Tapis
Estimate : 22000 / 28000 €
Måås-Fjetterström and its weaving workshop have received prestigious commissions. In 1934, she took part in an exhibition at the Liljevalchs konsthall in Stockholm alongside Elsa Gullberg, Carl Malmsten and Svenskt Tenn.
Today, her work is highly acclaimed by collectors and is presented in a large number of museums throughout the world. Years after the Bauhaus popularized the transdisciplinary approach to the arts, Märta Måås-Fjetterström's trajectory has been defined by her radical modernity.
