Important Design

Important Design

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Property from an Important New York Collection

Barbro Nilsson

"Snäckorna" Rug

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important New York Collection

Barbro Nilsson

"Snäckorna" Rug


designed circa 1943

produced by Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Båstad, Sweden

hand-woven wool, flatweave on linen warps

signed ABMMF/BN

116 x 78 in. (294.6 x 198 cm)

Hostler Burrows, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2003

Tyra Carolina Lundgren, Märta Måås-Fjetterström och väv-verkstaden i Båstad,Stockholm, 1968, p. 114

Dag Widman, Konsten i Sverige: Konsthantverk, konstindustri, design 1895-1975, Stockholm, 1975, p. 86

Barbro Hovstadius, ed., A Swedish Legacy: Decorative Arts 1700-1960, Stockholm, 1998, p. 86

Märta Måås-Fjetterström: Märta flyger igen! 90 år med Märta Måås-Fjetterström, exh. cat., Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, 2009, p. 153 (for a related example)