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Barbro Nilsson

(Sweden, 1899-1983)
Estimate
150 000 - 200 000 SEK
13 400 - 17 900 EUR
13 600 - 18 100 USD
Hammer price
165 000 SEK
Covered by droit de suite

By law, the buyer will pay an artist fee for this work of art. This fee is 5% of the hammer price, or less. For more information about this law:

Sweden: BUS
Finland: Kuvasto

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Barbro Nilsson
(Sweden, 1899-1983)

A CARPET, "Falurutan, grön Fabiola", flat weave, ca 468 x 326 cm, signed AB MMF BN

(AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson). Designed in 1952. Made without fringes. (Rare in this size).

Some wear, slightly dirty, stains.

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.

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"Falurutan" was woven for the first time in red for the dining room at the governor's residence in Falun.