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Barbro Nilsson

(Sweden, 1899-1983)
Estimate
60 000 - 70 000 SEK
5 360 - 6 260 EUR
5 450 - 6 350 USD
Hammer price
70 000 SEK
Covered by droit de suite

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Sweden: BUS
Finland: Kuvasto

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Barbro Nilsson
(Sweden, 1899-1983)

a carpet, "Kringelikroka, grön" ("Finspong"), flat weave, ca 227,5-231,5 x 174,5-178,5 cm, signed AB MMF BN

(AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson). Designed in 1954.

Some partly a little harder wear, slightly dirty, stains, insignificant damages. One side has fold wear and damages, two corners are damaged, two corners have insignificant damages. Some of the fringes are damaged, several are missing.

Literature

Compare with Mattor och vävnader - Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson, Marianne Richter, Ann-Mari Forsberg, Stockholm 1957, plate page 19; Lundgren, Tyra: Märta Måås-Fjetterström och väv-verkstaden i Båstad, Stockholm 1968, text page 38.

More information

In 1955 a 70 square meter large "Kringelikroka" was delivered to Finspong castle, Östergötland, Sweden.