The textile designer Märtha Gahn is seated by a desk, her pose relaxed. She is dressed in an elegant silk dress and wears a modish headband. Nothing hints at her profession. She had been artistic director of Svensk Hemslöjd since 1917, and later led Libraria Konsthantverk AB, a Stockholm studio for textile and church art. Her ambition was to establish Swedish textile production as a modern and profitable activity.