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Barbro Nilsson
(Sweden, 1899-1983)
Barbro Nilsson
(Sweden, 1899-1983)
A carpet, "Hjortron", flat weave, ca 145,5 x 78,5-80.5 cm, signed AB MMF BN
(AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson). Designed in 1946. (Relatively unusual).
Some wear, slightly dirty, stains. The ends have minor damages, all except two fringes 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.