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Barbro Nilsson

(Sweden, 1899-1983)
Estimate
60 000 - 80 000 SEK
5 360 - 7 150 EUR
5 450 - 7 260 USD
Hammer price
95 000 SEK
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Barbro Nilsson
(Sweden, 1899-1983)

A CARPET, "Blåbär, ljus", tapestry weave, ca 381,5 x 202,5 cm, signed AB MMF BN

(AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson). Designed in 1946.

Some wear, slightly dirty, stains. The ends have minor damages, some of the fringes are damaged, many are missing.

Literature

Compare with Lundgren, Tyra: Märta Måås-Fjetterström och väv-verkstaden i Båstad, Stockholm 1968, plate 50, colour plate opposite page 65; Möller, Viggo Sten: En bok om Barbro Nilsson, Stockholm/Barcelona 1977, colour plate page 3; Liljevalchs konsthalls katalog: Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Märta flyger igen, 90 år med Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Värnamo 2009, colour plate page 149.

More information

One example of the "Bär"-carpet is in the collections of Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim.