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Sample Card (USA)

This is a Sample card. It was designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes and woven by Dorothy Wright Liebes. It is dated ca. 1942 and we acquired it in 1972. Its medium is cotton, viscose rayon, cellophane, cellulose acetate butyrate-laminated aluminum yarn, cellulose triacetate-laminated aluminum yarn and its technique is plain 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): 22 × 19 cm (8 11/16 × 7 1/2 in.) H x W (card): 31.8 × 28.6 cm (12 1/2 × 11 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

#1886 c.1942 Dorothy Liebes

Cite this object as

Sample Card (USA); Designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes (American, 1897–1972); cotton, viscose rayon, cellophane, cellulose acetate butyrate-laminated aluminum yarn, cellulose triacetate-laminated aluminum yarn; H x W (sample): 22 × 19 cm (8 11/16 × 7 1/2 in.) H x W (card): 31.8 × 28.6 cm (12 1/2 × 11 1/4 in.); Gift of the Estate of Dorothy Liebes Morin; 1972-75-25

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes.

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