Barbro Nilsson, a carpet, "Salerno grön med enkel bård", flat weave, ca 295 x 197-198,5 cm, signed AB MMF BN.

A carpet, "Salerno grön med enkel bård", flat weave, ca 295 x 197-198,5 cm, signed AB MMF BN

(AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson). Designed in 1948. (Salerno in green is unusual.)

Some partly hard wear, slightly dirty, stains, discoloured areas. One side has damages and holes, the flax edge and the fringes are missing at the ends.

Literature

Compare with Yashar, Nazanin, Nilufar Tappeti Antichi: Tappeti Svedesi e Mobili Scandinavi Anni 1920-1960, Milano 1998, colour plate page 39; Liljevalchs konsthalls katalog: Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Märta flyger igen, 90 år med Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Värnamo 2009, colour plate page 151.

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The pattern was designed for the chapel in Salerno, Italy.

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Finland: Kuvasto

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