Barbro Nilsson
A CARPET. "Röda rabatten". Oval. Knotted pile. 246 x 271 cm. Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB, Barbro Nilsson. Unsigned.
Designed in 1944. 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.
Little wear, dirty, stains. The edge has damages.
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.