Märta Måås-Fjetterström established her

workshop in 1919 in the small coastal town of Båstad, in the south-west of

Sweden. Over the course of the next decades, she would become one of the most

prominent figures in the history of the Scandinavian textile industry; the

woman who took textile into the realm of fine art. By bringing traditional

weaving techniques back to life, she produced compelling work of exceptional

quality and craftsmanship.

When Märta Måås-Fjetterström died in 1941, Barbro Nilsson succeeded her as

workshop director and continued to create flatweaves and pile rugs. Ms

Nilsson's creativity hardly knew any limits and led to the invention of

tapestry-woven rugs. The playful way in which she used patterns and subtle

colors is, according to us, remarkable.

The exceptional craftsmanship used in

weaving the rugs have long been recognized by people in the industry. Her works

merge rural Nordic traditions with modernist trends in an unparalleled way. Increasingly, these rugs are being

considered by collectors as genuine works of art. They can be found in many

museums such as: The Victoria & Albert Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of

Art , The Louvre, Trondheim’s Museum in Norway, The National museum

(Stockholm), The Röhsska Museum of Design and Decorative Arts (Gothenburg),

Nordiska museet (Stockholm) and many others.

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