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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. 1945 and we acquired it in 1972. Its medium is cotton, viscose rayon, silk, imitation leather (styrene/butyl methacrylate), zein-coated cotton woven tape and its technique is plain weave with paired warps and 1/3 interlacing. 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): 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.)
It is inscribed
Dorothy Liebes #2058 c.1945
Cite this object as
Sample Card (USA); Designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes (American, 1897–1972); cotton, viscose rayon, silk, imitation leather (styrene/butyl methacrylate), zein-coated cotton woven tape; 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.); Gift of the Estate of Dorothy Liebes Morin; 1972-75-35
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes.