Swedish Rya Rug by Ann Mari Forsberg (Krakan-Bla) for AB MMF AMF BB8311 6'8" × 7'0" $14,000

The Midcentury Swedish Rya rug designed by Ann Mari Forsberg (“Kråkan Blå” = “The Crow Blue”). Woven at the Märta Måås Fjetterström workshop at Båstad – Sweden. The color palette includes different deep blue hues with little beige, off-white and red accents. Beautiful fringe on rug’s top and bottom part is a nice finishing touch, which gives even more charm to its abstract pattern.

Ann-Mari Forsberg (Swedish, 1916 – 1992) was a textile artist and professor at Konstfack in Stockholm from 1953 – 1981. Forsberg herself attended Konstfack as a student, where she studied under carpet and tapestry designer Barbro Nilsson. Following her graduation, she worked at the textile studio Handarbetsts Vänner, where she also taught. She joined Märta Måås-Fjetterström in 1943, where Nilsson was creative director. During these years, Forsberg’s creations were featured in exhibitions at the Swedish – French Art Gallery in Stockholm, the Malmö Museum, the Royal Academy, and the Röhsska Museum.