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Barbro Nilsson
(Sweden, 1899-1983)
Barbro Nilsson
(Sweden, 1899-1983)
A CARPET, "Falurutan, röd Borås", flat weave, ca 264,5 x 200 cm, signed AB MMF BN
(AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson). Designed in 1952.
Some wear, slightly dirty, stains. Slightly damaged ends, later damaged fringes, most of the fringes are missing.
Literature
Compare with Möller, Viggo Sten: En bok om Barbro Nilsson, Stockholm/Barcelona 1977, colour plate page 68; Liljevalchs konsthalls katalog: Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Märta flyger igen, 90 år med Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Värnamo 2009, colour plate page 153.
More information
"Falurutan" was first woven in red to the dining room at the residence in Falun.