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which encouraged women to develop their interest in arts and crafts. It included a shop where the goods produced could be purchased. She left the Malmö establishment six years later after problems with the board but was re-employed in 1913 by the Hemslöjd weaving school in
63:, Märta Livia Vilhelmina Fjetterström was the daughter of the clergyman Rudolf Fjetterström (1838–1920) and his wife Hedvig Olivia Augusta née Billstén (1849–1932). She was the second of eight children. From 1890 to 1895, she attended the arts and crafts school 38:
in 1919 and for the decorative rugs she produced from the 1910s to the 1930s, increasingly combining rural Nordic traditions with modernist trends. Her works are exhibited in some of the world's most important art museums, including New York's
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but also created decorative woven works which she exhibited in 1900. In 1902, she was invited to work as a weaving instructor at the
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where she showed interest in Scanian textile traditions but experienced difficulty in her dealings with its head,
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in the early 20th-century. She is remembered in particular for the weaving studio she opened in
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which quickly gained a reputation for its pile rugs. There she employed weavers including
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On completing her training, she spent a few years teaching at the Technical School in
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In 1919, Måås-Fjetterström opened her own weaving studio in
98: 334:"Artists" from the website of Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB 263:(in Swedish). Riksarkivet: Svenskt biografiskt lexikon 30:(21 June 1873 – 13 April 1941) was a leading Swedish 245:. Doris Leslie Blau. pp. 5–. GGKEY:D0S5KKN8BXJ. 137:. In the 1930s, she produced classic rugs including 309:"Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB celebrates 100 years" 184:In 1924, Måås-Fjetterström was honoured with the 172:Märta Måås-Fjetterström died on 13 April 1941 in 340: 306: 258: 215: 283:"Hemslöjdsrörelsen i Malmöhuslän: Historia" 122:, developing modern designs and pile rugs. 218:"Märta Livia Wilhelmina Måås-Fjetterström" 188:medal for her contributions to culture. 73: 28:Märta Livia Vilhelmina Måås-Fjetterström 18: 341: 211: 209: 207: 205: 203: 201: 254: 252: 242:European Vintage Rugs 1920's - 1950's 232: 369:20th-century Swedish textile artists 359:People from Norrköping Municipality 220:. Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon 198: 169:and a number of Swedish embassies. 13: 379:20th-century Swedish women artists 307:Granlund, Anette (30 April 2019). 249: 238: 153:. Collaborating with the designer 14: 390: 327: 216:Persson, Annika (8 March 2018). 364:Litteris et Artibus recipients 300: 275: 82:(1909) based on the legend of 65:Högre Konstindustriella Skolan 1: 261:"Märta L V Måås-Fjetterström" 191: 78:Måås-Fjetterström's tapestry 50: 7: 95:Kulturhistoriska föreningen 10: 395: 45:Victoria and Albert Museum 41:Metropolitan Museum of Art 374:Swedish textile designers 179: 159:Swedish Institute in Rome 288:(in Swedish). Hemslöjden 55:Born on 21 June 1873 in 109:known as Malmöhus läns 23:Märta Måås-Fjetterström 259:Ericsson, Anne-Marie. 118:where she worked with 86: 24: 16:Swedish textile artist 77: 22: 139:Röda trädgårdsmattan 186:Litteris et Artibus 80:Staffan Stalledräng 87: 25: 111:Hemslöjdsförening 386: 321: 320: 318: 316: 304: 298: 297: 295: 293: 287: 279: 273: 272: 270: 268: 256: 247: 246: 236: 230: 229: 227: 225: 213: 163:Ulriksdal Palace 135:Marianne Richter 394: 393: 389: 388: 387: 385: 384: 383: 339: 338: 330: 325: 324: 314: 312: 305: 301: 291: 289: 285: 281: 280: 276: 266: 264: 257: 250: 239:Bolour, Nader. 237: 233: 223: 221: 214: 199: 194: 182: 120:Lilli Zickerman 53: 17: 12: 11: 5: 392: 382: 381: 376: 371: 366: 361: 356: 351: 337: 336: 329: 328:External links 326: 323: 322: 299: 274: 248: 231: 196: 195: 193: 190: 181: 178: 131:Barbro Nilsson 52: 49: 32:textile artist 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 391: 380: 377: 375: 372: 370: 367: 365: 362: 360: 357: 355: 352: 350: 347: 346: 344: 335: 332: 331: 310: 303: 284: 278: 262: 255: 253: 244: 243: 235: 219: 212: 210: 208: 206: 204: 202: 197: 189: 187: 177: 175: 170: 168: 167:Övralid Manor 164: 160: 156: 155:Carl Malmsten 152: 148: 144: 140: 136: 132: 128: 123: 121: 117: 112: 108: 104: 100: 96: 92: 85: 81: 76: 72: 70: 66: 62: 58: 48: 46: 43:and London's 42: 37: 33: 29: 21: 313:. Retrieved 302: 290:. Retrieved 277: 265:. Retrieved 241: 234: 222:. Retrieved 183: 171: 150: 146: 142: 138: 124: 103:Georg Karlin 88: 79: 61:Östergötland 54: 27: 26: 354:1941 deaths 349:1873 births 315:10 November 311:. Bukowskis 292:10 November 174:Helsingborg 143:Bruna heden 343:Categories 267:9 November 224:9 November 192:References 84:St Stephen 147:Hästhagen 91:Jönköping 69:Stockholm 51:Biography 151:Ängarna 116:Vittsjö 57:Kimstad 180:Awards 127:Båstad 36:Båstad 286:(PDF) 107:Malmö 317:2020 294:2020 269:2020 226:2020 149:and 133:and 99:Lund 97:in 67:in 345:: 251:^ 200:^ 176:. 165:, 161:, 145:, 141:, 71:. 59:, 47:. 319:. 296:. 271:. 228:.

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textile artist
Båstad
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Victoria and Albert Museum
Kimstad
Östergötland
Högre Konstindustriella Skolan
Stockholm

St Stephen
Jönköping
Kulturhistoriska föreningen
Lund
Georg Karlin
Malmö
Hemslöjdsförening
Vittsjö
Lilli Zickerman
Båstad
Barbro Nilsson
Marianne Richter
Carl Malmsten
Swedish Institute in Rome
Ulriksdal Palace
Övralid Manor
Helsingborg
Litteris et Artibus

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