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Barbro Nilsson

(Sweden, 1899-1983)
Estimate
80 000 - 100 000 SEK
7 070 - 8 840 EUR
7 240 - 9 050 USD
Hammer price
85 000 SEK
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Christopher Stålhandske
Stockholm
Christopher Stålhandske
Head Specialist Carpets, textiles and Islamic works of art
+46 (0)708 19 12 58
Barbro Nilsson
(Sweden, 1899-1983)

a carpet, "Snäckorna", tapestry weave, ca 300 x 202,5 cm, signed AB MMF BN.

(AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson). Designed in 1943.

Some partly hard wear, stains, repairs, slightly bubbly. The sides have fold wear, the edges at the ends are damaged, all of the fringes are missing.

Literature

Compare with Lundgren, Tyra: Märta Måås-Fjetterström och väv-verkstaden i Båstad, Stockholm 1968, plate 48; af Klercker, Susanne: Antikt - Bukowskis experter berättar, Västerås/Spanien 2006, colour plate page 182; Liljevalchs konsthalls katalog: Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Märta flyger igen, 90 år med Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Värnamo 2009, colour plate page 145.

More information

One edition is in the collection of Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.