Anna Brita Sergel or Anna Sibylla Sergell, later surname ''Howe'' (1733–1819), was a Swedish artist (

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), an official decorator of the royal Swedish court.Svenskt konstnärslexikon (Swedish Art dictionary) Allhems Förlag, Malmö (1952) Sergel was the daughter of the embroidery decorator of the royal Swedish court, Christoffer Sergel, and Elisabet Swyrner from

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. Her sister was the artist

Johan Tobias Sergel Johan Tobias Sergel (; 7 September 1740 in Stockholm – 26 February 1814 in Stockholm) was a Swedish neoclassical sculptor. Sergels torg, the largest square in the centre of Stockholm and near where his workshop stood, is named after him. Life ...

. In 1754, she married the vine-master of the court, Johan Valentin Howe or Hovje (d. 1760). Sergel was the professional assistant of her father until his death in 1773. After her father's death, she shared the position of official decorator in embroidery of the court with her sister, Maria Sofia. Among the most famous works made by the two sisters, was the interior decoration of the royal Fredrikshov Palace.

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