Märta Måås-Fjetterström

Overview

The textiles of Märta Måås-Fjetterström are today as much a mainstay of traditional craftsmanship and technique as they were over a century ago when she started to produce from her studio.

Seeking to stay focussed on the artisan nature of the textiles she and those in her studio wove, Märta wrote that 'the connection between technique and form must never be broken'. She taught the women initially working with her the importance of sketching and using watercolours, creating an often colourful and flat idea before setting out on the loom. This and other methods, many unique to the studio, are used by the studio in Båstad, southern Sweden, still today.

 

Our collections of the studio's work ranges from masterly knotted pile rugs to small tapestries. Her works were being readily collected well before she died in 1941, and can be found in museum and gallery collections across the world. The studio continues to produce beautiful textiles in the spirit of the woman often called Europe's most skilled textile artist.

Works
  • Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Swedish Flatweave
    Märta Måås-Fjetterström
    Swedish Flatweave
    c 1950's
    Wool
    H306 x W201 cm
    £ 21,600.00 inc. vat
  • Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Tapestry
    Märta Måås-Fjetterström
    Tapestry
    Swedish, designed c.1930s
    Wool and linen on linen warp
    H80 x W30 cm
  • Märta Måås-Fjetterström, 'Grodblad' Tapestry
    Märta Måås-Fjetterström
    'Grodblad' Tapestry
    Swedish, designed c.1930s
    Wool and linen on linen warp
    H40 x W40 cm
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  • Märta Måås-Fjetterström, "Skoldpadda" Tapestry
    Märta Måås-Fjetterström
    "Skoldpadda" Tapestry
    Swedish, designed c.1930s
    Wool and linen on linen warp
    £ 2,200.00
  • Märta Måås-Fjetterström, "Mossbotten" hand-woven tapestry
    Märta Måås-Fjetterström
    "Mossbotten" hand-woven tapestry
    Swedish, designed c.1930s
    Linen warp, wool and linen weft, mounted on an upholstered frame
    £ 2,600.00
  • Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Tapestry
    Märta Måås-Fjetterström
    Tapestry
    Swedish, designed by Barbro Nilsson c.1930's
    75 x 43 cm (framed dimensions)
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  • Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Smalll square hand-woven tapestry
    Märta Måås-Fjetterström
    Smalll square hand-woven tapestry
    Swedish, designed c.1930's
    Wool and linen on linen warp mounted on an upholstered frame
    H40 x W40 cm
    Sold
  • Märta Måås-Fjetterström, "Bruna Heden" Rölokan flat weave rug
    Märta Måås-Fjetterström
    "Bruna Heden" Rölokan flat weave rug
    Swedish, designed 1931
    Wool on linen warp
    W303 x D208 cm
    £ 12,000.00
  • Märta Måås-Fjetterström, "Urnan" wall hanging
    Märta Måås-Fjetterström
    "Urnan" wall hanging
    1931
    Rare flatweave
    Signed "MMF 1931 IEB"
    W59 x L72 cm
    £ 3,400.00
  • Märta Måås-Fjetterström, 'Grodblad' handwoven tapestry
    Märta Måås-Fjetterström
    'Grodblad' handwoven tapestry
    c.1940's
    Wool, signed
    H53 x W51 cm (framed dimensions)
    Sold