Appraisal: 20th-Century Märta Måås-Fjetterström Textile
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Appraisal: 20th-Century Märta Måås-Fjetterström Textile
Take a look at James A. Ffrench's appraisal of a 20th-Century Märta Måås-Fjetterström textile, in Never Seen That Before!
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Appraisal: 20th-Century Märta Måås-Fjetterström Textile
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Take a look at James A. Ffrench's appraisal of a 20th-Century Märta Måås-Fjetterström textile, in Never Seen That Before!
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One of the things I always go for are, uh, linens, needlework of any kind, because it interests me, and I like just to study it, appreciate it.
I have a lot of appreciation for women who have done needlework.
And this kind of stuck out at me.
APPRAISER: When I first saw this, I was thinking, well, we're in Minnesota.
Of course I'm gonna see a lot of kind of 20th-century Scandinavian-inspired textiles.
GUEST: Certainly.
APPRAISER: Uh, which, generally, in the market today are of very little interest, because they're things that were either made in this country or were commercially made in Scandinavia.
APPRAISER: And then as I looked more closely, I realized, but wait, this isn't just another one.
APPRAISER: This has something more going on.
There's an incredible subtlety to the coloration and the way this is woven and put together.
APPRAISER: We've got shading of different colors of roses to fuchsia.
GUEST: I see.
APPRAISER: And then blue-greens to blue.
And there's an artistry in this that you wouldn't just see in a common piece.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: So I was thinking, gosh, you know, this really is better than most.
GUEST: Uh-huh.
APPRAISER: And got intrigued myself.
And then I recognized that in the corner, it was signed, which, most commercial pieces aren't signed.
And this is signed with the initials MMF, which stands for a woman named ärta ås-Fjetterstöm, who was probably the leading textile designer and producer in Sweden in the early 20th century.
Um...
GUEST: Oh, no.
(chuckles) APPRAISER: She started out as a painter, started a workshop by 1918, 1919, producing textiles, curtain fabrics, all handmade, also rugs and carpet.
I mean, she was of such prominence that she designed and manufactured the rugs that are used for the Nobel Prize ceremonies in Stockholm.
So she's really a designer of some note.
Typically in the market, we come across pieces of hers that are quite large.
I've never seen a handwoven, flat-weaved textile of this size coming from her.
And the quality backs up with the initials.
Do you have any idea of what this may be worth?
GUEST: Absolutely not-- I knew it was worth the dollar that I paid for it... APPRAISER: Mm-hmm.
GUEST: ...just to have something to, you know, to study, because it was so interesting.
APPRAISER: Right, 'cause I would say, with the popularity of ärta ås-Fjetterstöm things in the market today, 'cause it's really coming on quite strong, I would place a retail value on a piece like this today of somewhere between $2,000 and $4,000.
GUEST: (inhales deeply) (groans) (laughs) APPRAISER: Certainly worth the dollar investment.
GUEST: Oh, my goodness!
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