A CARPET, "Salerno blå", flat weave, ca 224 x 153-150 cm, signed AB MMF BN
(AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson).
Designed in 1948.
Some wear, slightly dirty, stains. One end has a corner damage, some of the fringes are damaged, several are missing.
Compare with Yashar, Nazanin, Nilufar Tappeti Antichi: Tappeti Svedesi e Mobili Scandinavi Anni 1920-1960, Milano 1998, colour plate page 39; Liljevalchs konsthalls katalog: Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Märta flyger igen, 90 år med Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Värnamo 2009, colour plate page 151.
The pattern was designed for the chapel in Salerno, Italy.