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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 1950–51 and we acquired it in 1972. Its medium is cotton, viscose rayon, silk, cellulose acetate-laminated metallic 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): 27.7 × 16.5 cm (10 7/8 × 6 1/2 in.) H x W (card): 31.8 × 27.9 cm (12 1/2 in. × 11 in.)
It is inscribed
N.Y. 207 c. 1950 Dorothy Liebes 1951
Cite this object as
Sample Card (USA); Designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes (American, 1897–1972); cotton, viscose rayon, silk, cellulose acetate-laminated metallic yarn; H x W (sample): 27.7 × 16.5 cm (10 7/8 × 6 1/2 in.) H x W (card): 31.8 × 27.9 cm (12 1/2 in. × 11 in.); Gift of the Estate of Dorothy Liebes Morin; 1972-75-79
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes.