Barbro Nilsson - Design Masters New York Tuesday, December 17, 2013 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Commissioned directly by the present owner from Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Sweden, 1958

  • Literature

    Märta Måås-Fjetterström Och Hennes Efterträdare, Barbro Nillson, Marianne Richter, Ann-Mari Forsberg, Båstad, 1940s, p. 4 for the design
    Märta Måås-Fjetterström: Märta flyger igen! 90 år med Märta Måås-Fjetterström, exh. cat., Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, 2009, p. 148 for the design

PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE SWEDISH COLLECTOR

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Large "Gyllenrutan, blå (The Golden Square, blue") rug

designed 1945, executed 1958
Handwoven wool on a linen warp.
170 x 122 1/2 in. (431.8 x 311.2 cm)
Produced by Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB, Båstad, Sweden. Woven by Ulla Larsson and Birgit Nilsson. Woven with manufacturer’s mark AB MMF and artist’s initials BN.

Estimate
$30,000 - 50,000 

Sold for $118,750

Contact Specialist
Meaghan Roddy
Head of Sale, New York
mroddy@phillips.com
+ 1 212 940 1266

Design Masters

New York 17 December 2013 6pm