Mária Hollósyová dating history

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Mária Hollósyová (1 February 1858 – 15 April 1945) was a Slovak civil servant, embroiderer and draftswoman, whose artistic works became known in Europe at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. She was the main designer and embroiderer of the Izabella association. She built a system of education in the embroidery school and, by improving techniques, brought embroidery to a high professional level. In 1891 she was awarded a silver medal in an exhibition in Komárno, in 1892 a gold medal in Trnava, in 1896 a silver medal in Budapest and in 1900 a silver medal in Paris.