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Barbro Nilsson
(Sweden, 1899-1983)
Barbro Nilsson
(Sweden, 1899-1983)
a carpet, "Salerno blå", flat weave, ca 312 x 201,5-205,5 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 harder wear, slightly dirty, stains. The flax edge at both ends is damaged, some of the fringes are damaged, some are new, many 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.