MATTO, "Rödingen", knotted pile, ca 316,5 x 255 cm, signed AB MMF BN
(AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson). Designed in 1954. The colour scheme is decided for the carpet to lie beneath a large wall with Gründewald paintings. (Rare).
Stains. The sides and ends have insignificant fold wear, later ends and signatures, all fringes are missing.
Compare with Mattor Vävnader, Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson, Marianne Richter, Ann-Mari Forsberg, Barbro Sprinchorn, Stockholm the 1960's, plate page 16. Möller, Viggo Sten: En bok om Barbro Nilsson, Stockholm/Barcelona 1977, colour plates page 74.
A large "Rödingen" was woven for the Svenska Handelsbanken in Stockholm.