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Barbro Nilsson

(Sweden, 1899-1983)
Estimate
60 000 - 80 000 SEK
5 350 - 7 130 EUR
5 380 - 7 170 USD
Hammer price
135 000 SEK
Covered by droit de suite

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Finland: Kuvasto

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Barbro Nilsson
(Sweden, 1899-1983)

A carpet, "Salerno röd", flat weave, ca 387-390,5 x 257,5-266 cm, signed AB MMF BN

(AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson). Designed in 1948. The pattern was designed for the chapel in Salerno, Italy.

Some partly a little more faded. Some partly hard wear, dirty, stains, two holes among which one is larger and one is smaller (ca 10x11 cm, ca 5x5 cm). One side has damages, damaged ends and fringes, many fringes are missing.

Literature

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.