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Barbro Nilsson
(Sweden, 1899-1983)
Barbro Nilsson
(Sweden, 1899-1983)
a carpet, "Falurutan mellanblå", flat weave, ca 305,5 x 202 cm, signed AB MMF BN
(AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson). Designed in 1952.
A faint smell of humidity. Some partly a little harder wear, dirty, stains. One corner is slightly damaged, some of the fringes are damaged, a few are missing.
Literature
Compare with Möller, Viggo Sten: En bok om Barbro Nilsson, Stockholm/Barcelona 1977, colour plates page 68; Liljevalchs konsthalls katalog: Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Märta flyger igen, 90 år med Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Värnamo 2009, colour plate page 153.
More information
"Falurutan" was woven for the first time in red for the dining room at the governor's residence in Falun.
