Designer:

Dorothy Wright Liebes, American, 1897–1972  Search this

Medium:

Medium: cotton, viscose rayon, silk, imitation leather (styrene/butyl methacrylate), zein-coated cotton woven tape Technique: plain weave with paired warps and 1/3 interlacing

Dimensions:

H x W (sample): 17.8 x 22.2 cm (7 x 8 3/4 in.)

H x W (card): 31.8 x 27.9 cm (12 1/2 x 11 in.)

Type:

woven textiles

Sample card

Made in:

USA

Date:

ca. 1945

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Woven sample mounted to a cardboard card with notations by the designer. Horizontal stripes of varied textures in browns and yellows. Warp is yellow two-ply yarn. Weft has a variety of yarns including: red two-ply yarn, yellow rickrack woven braid, crinkled paper ribbon, yellow chenille, yellow bouclé, and red imitation leather. The rickrack and some of the chenille passes over three and under one warp.

Credit Line:

Gift of the Estate of Dorothy Liebes Morin

Accession Number:

1972-75-35

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq49abcf4b9-24b7-4cde-b3e8-f2bf11c49da7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1972-75-35