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Barbro Nilsson
'Tånga, mellanblå' (medium blue) rug
- Estimate
- £25,000 - 35,000
£32,500
Lot Details
Handwoven wool on a linen warp and original worsted wool fringes.
designed 1955, executed 1961
427.9 x 332.8 cm (168 1/2 x 131 in.)
Produced by Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB, Båstad, Sweden, woven by Magnhild Hansson and Anna-Greta Sundelius. Woven with manufacturer’s mark AB MMF and artist’s initials BN.
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Catalogue Essay
Designed in 1955 and first produced in 1960, the present lot was executed in 1961, ready for delivery on 23rd October and was the fifth produced and first large example from the colour scheme Tånga, mellanblå (medium blue). The rug was woven by the talented and long employed artisan weaver Magnhild Hansson, born 1926, employed in 1945, and retired in 1989.
Phillips wishes to thank Angelica Persson from Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB, for her assistance with the cataloguing of the present lot.
Phillips wishes to thank Angelica Persson from Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB, for her assistance with the cataloguing of the present lot.
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