Barbro Nilsson, A CARPET. "Blå rabatten". Round. Knotted pile. Diameter 291-302 cm. Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB, Barbro Nilsson.

Estimate

175 000 - 200 000 SEK

17 100 - 19 500 EUR

19 800 - 22 700 USD

Hammer price

210 000 SEK

Bidding requires special pre approval.

Covered by droit de suite

By law, the buyer will pay an artist fee for this work of art. This fee is 5% of the hammer price, or less. For more information about this law:

Sweden: BUS
Finland: Kuvasto

Purchasing info

Image rights

The artworks in this database are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced without the permission of the rights holders. The artworks are reproduced in this database with a license from Bildupphovsrätt.

Pdf print out

Barbro Nilsson

(Sweden, 1899-1983)

A CARPET. "Blå rabatten". Round. Knotted pile. Diameter 291-302 cm. Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB, Barbro Nilsson.

Unsigned. Designed in 1944. Rare in blue. The pattern was designed for the fashion director Sahlén, Norrlandsgatan in Stockholm, so that his fashion models could dance around the round carpets and show the newest creations.

Partly worn, slightly dirty, stains. The edge is partly damaged.

Literature

Compare with rectangular "Blå rabatten" Märta Måås-Fjetterström och verkstaden i Båstad, Stockholm 1951, plate 28; Plath, Iona: The Decorative Arts of Sweden, New York 1966, plate page 46; Harrison Beer, Eileena: Scandinavian Design, USA 1976, plate page 134; af Klercker, Susanne: Antikt - Bukowskis experter berättar, Västerås/Spanien 2006, colour plate page 183; Liljevalchs konsthalls katalog: Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Märta flyger igen, 90 år med Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Värnamo 2009, colour plate page 146-147.

More information

"Rabatten" exists in a museum collection as well as in public and private collection in Sweden and abroad.

Could not log in

Bukowskis uses cookies to facilitate user login. Please activate cookies for the domain and try again.

You can read more about cookies on information page about cookies

Could not log in

This is due to one of the following reasons:

You don't have an account yet. Register a free account
Your email address has not been verified yet. Did you click on the link in the registration verification email?
You typed in an invalid email address. Maybe you used a different one?
The password was wrong. Check your keyboard's language settings and capitalization
You had too many failed login attempts, please contact our customer service

Could not login

Please try again and contact our Customer service if the problem persists.