<img width="640" height="360" src="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Kate-Irvin-thumb-700x394.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Image of Kate Irvin, who stands in the center of the frame. Brightly colored textiles hang behind her. She wears a bright blue flower print dress, has a short brown bob haircut and wears dark rimmed glasses" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Kate-Irvin-thumb-700x394.jpg 700w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Kate-Irvin-thumb-300x169.jpg 300w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Kate-Irvin-thumb-170x96.jpg 170w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Kate-Irvin-thumb.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="37000" data-permalink="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2019/12/18/design-talk-dorothy-liebes-unorthodox-textiles/kate-irvin-thumb/" data-orig-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Kate-Irvin-thumb.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,576" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.5","credit":"","camera":"ILCE-7RM3","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1575569354","copyright":"","focal_length":"70","iso":"2500","shutter_speed":"0.008","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Kate-Irvin-thumb" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Kate-Irvin-thumb-300x169.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Kate-Irvin-thumb-700x394.jpg" />Cooper Hewitt hosts RISD Museum Curator of Costume and Textiles Kate Irvin in a design talk exploring the experimental materials, novelty textures, and “vibrating” color palette in textiles generated by designer and entrepreneur Dorothy Wright Liebes (1897-1972), nationally recognized in her own time as America’s “First Lady of the looms.” Read more about Doroty Liebes....