Szilágyi András (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 27. (Budapest, 2009)

Piroska ÁCS: "These Robes Will Appear Like a Vision..."

10. Exhibition interiorfrom 1996 continued her design studies under Prof Josef Hoffmann and Prof Oswald Haerdtl at the Vienna College of Applied Arts. She gained her certificate as a professional textile artist in 1930, and the next year set up her first dobby loom. In 1932, she opened a studio at no. 14, Bálvány Street, Budapest, together with her sister Klára. At that time she produced mainly rustic furniture fabrics, curtains and carpets. She acquired her first Jacquard loom in 1933, and in the same year exhibited in the Milan Triennale, where her skills were reif. Dalmatic (MAA, inv. no. 61.885.1.) 12. St Stephen canvas warded by an honourable mention. From then until 1943, she appeared with great success at every major international and domestic exhibition. She worked for Lajos Kozma (1884-1948), Gyula Kaesz (1897-1967), Farkas Molnár (1897-1945) and JózsefVágó (1877-1947), i.e. the representatives of modern European architecture and interior design. Her work in this area, however, made use of the classic themes of Hungarian and general applied arts and the idiom of Hungarian folk art. Besides weaving, she designed 131