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Barbro Nilsson

(Sweden, 1899-1983)
Estimate
30 000 - 40 000 SEK
2 680 - 3 570 EUR
2 720 - 3 620 USD
Hammer price
44 000 SEK
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For condition report contact specialist
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, "Hjortron", flat weave, ca 242,5 x 121 cm, signed AB MMF BN.

(AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson.) Designed in 1946. (Rare.)

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.