Mariska Karasz

1959 · Linen, plain weave; applied painted paper, leather, and fur; appliquéd with jute, wool and linen, plain weaves; embroidered with wool, linen, silk, wild silk, cotton, jute, hemp, sisal, and cellulose film, in crossed back, eyelet, herringbone, laced herringbone, laced long-armed cross, long-armed cross, ladder and stem stitches; couching

84.2 × 56.2 cm (33 1/8 × 22 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1959 · Silk, plain weave; appliquéd in silk, cotton, wool, linen, and synthetics, plain, twill and satin weaves; embroidered with silk, wool, and bast fibers in buttonhole, chain, long-armed cross, Spanish knotted feather, and Van dyke stitches; couching

128.3 × 133.6 cm (50 1/2 × 52 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1958 · Silk, plain weave; appliquéd with cotton, rayon, silk, wool, and metal foil laminated in cellulose acetate film, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; cotton, rayon and silk, twill and plain weaves; embroidered with silk, linen, wool, cotton, jute, rayon and cellulose acetate in buttonhole, coral, zig-zag coral, feather, long-armed cross, open chain and stem stitches; laid work and couching

247.7 × 136 cm (97 1/2 × 53 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1954 · embroidery: mohair, horsehair, wool, linen, and cotton on a natural ground

Average: 170.8 x 39.1 cm (67 1/4 x 15 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1953 · Goat hair and cotton, weft-float faced satin weave; appliquéd in cotton, plain weave; embroidered with linen, sisal, wool, silk, cotton, nylon, rayon, and cellulose in buttonhole, long-armed cross and open Cretan stitches; couching

157 × 67.4 cm (61 3/4 × 26 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1952 · Linen, plain weave; embroidered with linen, waxed cotton, cotton, jute, nylon, rayon, cellulose film and synthetic-covered cotton in open Cretan and simple looping stitches; couching

90.5 × 58.8 cm (34 5/8 × 23 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1948 · Hemp, plain weave; embroidered with cotton, wool, linen, jute, rabbit hair, metal foil strips, and polyamide in Cretan, crossed back, eyelet, ladder and long-armed stitches

102 × 72.5 cm (40 1/8 × 28 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1948 · Wool, plain weave; embroidered with wool and cotton and hemp in buttonhole, cable chain, chain, open chain, detached chain, double feather, feather, herringbone, interlaced back, ladder, long-armed cross, running, single surface satin, simple looping, raised stem and Van dyke stitches; couching

192 × 149.9 cm (75 5/8 × 59 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago