Object
Enhörningen
Gobelin woven out of wool yarn
260,00 x 122,00 cm
, 1915 - 1919
RKM 25-1960
Purchase
Currently not on display
Description
The tapestry "the unicorn" was originally composed by Märta Måås-Fjetterström between 1915-1919 in Vittsjö and was woven in one copy. After a revision of the composition in 1935, an additional eight known copies was made in Märta Måås-Fjetterström workshop in Båstad. The warp is made of gray wool with 35 threads/10cm. Weft, also of wool, is approx. 8 threads/cm.
Literature
Britt Tunander, Illustrerat antiklexikon, Natur och kultur, Stockholm 2002, ill. p. 239