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Barbro Nilsson

(Sweden, 1899-1983)
Estimate
40 000 - 50 000 SEK
3 570 - 4 460 EUR
3 640 - 4 550 USD
Hammer price
36 000 SEK
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Barbro Nilsson
(Sweden, 1899-1983)

A CARPET, "Spättan gul", flat weave, ca 252 x 174 cm, signed AB MMF BN

(AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson). Designed in 1943.

Some wear, slightly dirty, stains. Two corners and the fringes are damaged, a few of the fringes are missing.

Literature

Compare with Möller, Viggo Sten: En bok om Barbro Nilsson, Stockholm/Barcelona 1977, colour plates pages 66-67; Liljevalchs konsthalls katalog: Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Märta flyger igen, 90 år med Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Värnamo 2009, colour plate page 143.

More information

The pattern "Spättan" was designed in red for the parents home at Lidingö.