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Sample Card (USA)

This is a Sample card. It was designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes and manufactured by Stead & Miller. It is dated 1956 and we acquired it in 1972. Its medium is cotton, viscose rayon and its technique is satin weave. It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was donated by Estate of Dorothy Liebes Morin. It is credited Gift of the Estate of Dorothy Liebes Morin.

Its dimensions are

H x W (sample): 19.4 × 13.3 cm (7 5/8 × 5 1/4 in.) H x W (card): 31.8 × 27.9 cm (12 1/2 in. × 11 in.)

It is inscribed

D. Liebes Stead & Miller Mfgr Power Loomed 1956

Cite this object as

Sample Card (USA); Designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes (American, 1897–1972); Manufactured by Stead & Miller; cotton, viscose rayon; H x W (sample): 19.4 × 13.3 cm (7 5/8 × 5 1/4 in.) H x W (card): 31.8 × 27.9 cm (12 1/2 in. × 11 in.); Gift of the Estate of Dorothy Liebes Morin; 1972-75-102

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