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

1946 · Paper, plain gauze weave; embroidered with cotton, wool, jute, cellulose film and paper, metal foil laminated in cellulose acetate film, paper and rayon, animal collagen strips, wool and metal foil laminated in cellulose acetate film in chain, cross, herringbone, laced herringbone, running, twined double running, simple loop, and stem stitches

54.6 × 45.8 cm (21 1/2 × 18 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1940 · Wool, plain weave; appliqued with wool and metallic threads; embroidered with silk, cotton, rayon and acrylic in cross, stem, long, buttonhole, and Roumanian stitches; laid work and couching

127.3 × 43.3 cm (50 1/8 × 17 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1922 · silk

The Metropolitan Museum of Art