Barbro Nilsson
A CARPET, "Tånga, ljus", flat weave, ca 222 x 159,5-164 cm, signed AB MMF BN
(AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson).
Designed in 1955. Bought the 23/12 1960 at Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB in Stockholm for 1.626 kr and 24 öre. The receipt comes with the lot.
Some wear, dirty, small and large stains. Some of the fringes are damaged, a few are missing.
Literature
Compare with Möller, Viggo Sten: En bok om Barbro Nilsson, Stockholm/Barcelona 1977, colour plate page 69; Stensman, Mailis: Ännu Mera Mattor från Märta Måås-Fjetterströms ateljé i Båstad 1919-1999, Uddevalla 1999, colour plate page 11; af Klercker, Susanne: Antikt - Bukowskis experter berättar, Västerås/Spanien 2006, colour plate page 184; Liljevalchs konsthalls katalog: Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Märta flyger igen, 90 år med Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Värnamo 2009, colour plate page 154-155.
More information
"Tånga" was designed for the H55 (the Helsingborg exhibition in 1955).