"Hjälta", Barbro Nilsson, AB MMF, Swedish Wall Hanging, 1950

"Karvar" Vintage wall hanging, circa 1956 Sweden. All-over geometric/linear design on beige background. Initialed: "BN", "AB MMF" Designer: Barbro Nilsson Weaver: AB Märt...

Swedish wall hanging Sweden, circa mid-1940s Attributed to Märta Måås-Fjetterström, designed by Annie Frykholm. Pair with #22221 is also available. ...

Swedish flat-weave Sweden, circa 1943. Handwoven wool. Initialed: AB MMF, BN (Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson).

"Paula, Gul." Swedish Flat-Weave Carpet Sweden, ca. 1964 Initialed: AB MMF, BN (AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson)

Hand-woven wool "Falurutan" carpet designed by important Swedish textile artist Barbro Nilsson for Marta Maas-Fjetterström AB, Sweden. Woven signature t...

Barbro Nilsson for AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, carpet, model ‘Salerno’, wool on linen warp, Sweden, design 1948 Exceptional hand-woven, blue-toned carpet designed by the celebrated Swedish textile designer Barbro Nilsson in 1948. The Salerno rug was specially commissioned to honor a tragic incident. In 1947, a cargo plane crashed near Scala, a small town located north of the historic city of Salerno in Italy's Monti Latteri region. The aircraft carried twenty-five Swedish Air Force pilots, and despite the valiant efforts of Italian locals, only four of them managed to survive. The Swedish Government commissioned the MMF workshop to create a commemorative rug, which would be presented as a gift to the chapel of the hospital in Scala, where the survivors received medical care. This particular piece was woven from blue wool, accented by brown sections. Within the vertical pattern details of the rug, one can discern hints of brown, blue, and yellow. These elements symbolize small airplanes, while the triangular sections evoke Italy's mountains. The blue hues in the rug represent the sea. These motifs, coupled with the serene composition and subtle colors of the carpet, transform this national tragedy into something profoundly touching and beautiful. As with all her designs, Nilsson wove her initials ‘B N’ and AB MMF (meaning AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström) at the edge of the carpet. Barbro Nilsson (1889- 1983), née Lundberg, was a Swedish textile designer from Malmö, Sweden. In 1904 her family moved to Stockholm where her father, Carl T. Lundberg, was the manager of the department store ‘Nordiska Kompaniet’(NK). At the age of fourteen, Nilsson started her education in weaving and textile design at the Brunssons Vävskola that was founded by Johanna Brunsson in 1843. Nilsson continued her education at the ‘Tekniska Skolan’ (technical academy) in Stockholm where she enriched her skills in weaving even further. In 1928 she married to the sculptor Robert Nilsson...

This vintage handwoven Swedish rug has a tonal blue field with overall design of linked shaded color bands forming whimsical concentric paneled matrix. This is an exceptional example...

This traditional handwoven Swedish flat-weave has an overall field of blue, grey and beige striae with alternating rows of waving diagonal lozenges, in an unusual playful striped bor...