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Sample Card, Woven Upholstery for the Chrysler-Plymouth Fury
This is a Sample card. It was designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes and manufactured by Collins & Aikman and made for Chrysler-Plymouth Co.. It is dated 1957 and we acquired it in 1972. Its medium is linen, linen-cellulose triacetate blend, viscose rayon, lurex (cellulose acetate butyrate-laminated aluminum yarn) and its technique is plain woven with single and grouped warps, supplementary weft. 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): 26 × 21.1 cm (10 1/4 × 8 5/16 in.) H x W (card): 31.8 × 27.9 cm (12 1/2 in. × 11 in.)
Cite this object as
Sample Card, Woven Upholstery for the Chrysler-Plymouth Fury; Designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes (American, 1897–1972); Manufactured by Collins & Aikman; Made for Chrysler-Plymouth Co.; USA; linen, linen-cellulose triacetate blend, viscose rayon, lurex (cellulose acetate butyrate-laminated aluminum yarn); H x W (sample): 26 × 21.1 cm (10 1/4 × 8 5/16 in.) H x W (card): 31.8 × 27.9 cm (12 1/2 in. × 11 in.); Gift of the Estate of Dorothy Liebes Morin; 1972-75-47
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes.
