Kovalszky, Sarolta (1850 - ?)

She became involved in the work of tapestry making in Németelemér in 1881, then went on to found, together with Antal Streitmann, the Torontál Handicrafts Society. When preparing for the Paris International Exhibition of 1900, she discovered Scandinavian tapestry making, most notably the works of Frida Hansen. She adopted the Scandinavian technique to execute the early designs of János Vaszary, Pál Horti and Sándor Nagy. Her work was awarded a silver medal at the 1902 Turin International Exhibition and a state prize at the 1904 Budapest Christmas Exhibition, winning a gold medal at the St Louis World Exhibition. The last major works known by her what we known of were two tapestries and the curtains made for the Hungarian room of the Venice International Exhibition of 1905.