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1947

  • Work on this object began.

1948

  • We acquired this object.

2002

2025

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Sample (USA)

This is a Sample. It was designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes. It is dated 1947 and we acquired it in 1948. Its medium is cotton, viscose rayon, wool-viscose rayon blend, cellulose acetate-laminated aluminum yarn, cellulose acetate butyrate-laminated aluminum yarn and its technique is machine woven. It is a part of the Textiles department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 41 × 34.3 cm (16 1/8 × 13 1/2 in.)

Cite this object as

Sample (USA); Designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes (American, 1897–1972); cotton, viscose rayon, wool-viscose rayon blend, cellulose acetate-laminated aluminum yarn, cellulose acetate butyrate-laminated aluminum yarn; H x W: 41 × 34.3 cm (16 1/8 × 13 1/2 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane; 1948-26-22

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