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Barbro Nilsson

(Sweden, 1899-1983)
Estimate
50 000 - 60 000 SEK
4 870 - 5 850 EUR
5 660 - 6 800 USD
Hammer price
155 000 SEK
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Barbro Nilsson
(Sweden, 1899-1983)

A CARPET, "Grönspättan" ("Spättan grön"), flat weave, ca 274 x 230,5 cm, signed AB MMF BN

(AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson). Designed in 1943. (Rare in this colour scheme).

Some wear, stains, discoloured areas. Damaged ends, all the fringes are missing.

Literature

Compare with Möller, Viggo Sten: En bok om Barbro Nilsson, Stockholm/Barcelona 1977, colour plates page 66-67.

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The pattern "Spättan" was designed in red for the parents home at Lidingö.