Designer:

Dorothy Wright Liebes, American, 1897–1972  Search this

Weaver:

Ralph Higbee  Search this

Medium:

Medium: cellulose triacetate, cotton, nylon, viscose rayon, silk, cellulose acetate-laminated aluminum yarn, cellulose acetate butyrate-laminated aluminum yarn, wood Technique: hand woven plain weave

Dimensions:

H x W: 46 x 117.5 cm (18 1/8 x 46 1/4 in.)

Type:

woven textiles

Sample

Object Name:

Sample

Made in:

USA

Date:

1956

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Sample of a woven window blind with rigid wefts. Warps are spaced and striped blue and green on one side and red on the other with gold in center. Wefts are alternately a half round, half-inch dowel and a full round one-eighth inch diameter white reed.

Credit Line:

Gift of the Estate of Dorothy Liebes Morin

Accession Number:

1972-75-9

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Textiles Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4a3f5ab17-ccc0-4965-8e66-3a4e471565b0

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1972-75-9