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Barbro Nilsson

(Sweden, 1899-1983)
Barbro Nilsson, a carpet, "Salerno blå", flat weave, c. 314 x 255 cm, signed AB MMF BN.Barbro Nilsson, a carpet, "Salerno blå", flat weave, c. 314 x 255 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, a carpet, "Salerno blå", flat weave, c. 314 x 255 cm, signed AB MMF BN.Barbro Nilsson, a carpet, "Salerno blå", flat weave, c. 314 x 255 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, a carpet, "Salerno blå", flat weave, c. 314 x 255 cm, signed AB MMF BN.Barbro Nilsson, a carpet, "Salerno blå", flat weave, c. 314 x 255 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, a carpet, "Salerno blå", flat weave, c. 314 x 255 cm, signed AB MMF BN.Barbro Nilsson, a carpet, "Salerno blå", flat weave, c. 314 x 255 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, a carpet, "Salerno blå", flat weave, c. 314 x 255 cm, signed AB MMF BN.Barbro Nilsson, a carpet, "Salerno blå", flat weave, c. 314 x 255 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, a carpet, "Salerno blå", flat weave, c. 314 x 255 cm, signed AB MMF BN.Barbro Nilsson, a carpet, "Salerno blå", flat weave, c. 314 x 255 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, a carpet, "Salerno blå", flat weave, c. 314 x 255 cm, signed AB MMF BN.Barbro Nilsson, a carpet, "Salerno blå", flat weave, c. 314 x 255 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, a carpet, "Salerno blå", flat weave, c. 314 x 255 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, a carpet, "Salerno blå", flat weave, c. 314 x 255 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, a carpet, "Salerno blå", flat weave, c. 314 x 255 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, a carpet, "Salerno blå", flat weave, c. 314 x 255 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, a carpet, "Salerno blå", flat weave, c. 314 x 255 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, a carpet, "Salerno blå", flat weave, c. 314 x 255 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Barbro Nilsson, a carpet, "Salerno blå", flat weave, c. 314 x 255 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Estimate
100 000 - 125 000 SEK
9 410 - 11 800 EUR
10 700 - 13 400 USD
Hammer price
185 000 SEK
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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

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Christopher Stålhandske
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Barbro Nilsson
(Sweden, 1899-1983)

A carpet, "Salerno blå", flat weave, c. 314 x 255 cm, signed AB MMF BN

(AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson.) Designed in 1948.

Literature

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

More information

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