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Sample (USA), 1947

This is a Sample. It was designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes and woven by Dorothy Wright Liebes. It is dated 1947 and we acquired it in 1948. Its medium is cotton, wool-rayon blend, cellulose acetate-laminated aluminum yarn and its technique is twill woven with single warps and plain weave with paired warps. 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 (sample): 23.5 × 18.4 cm (9 1/4 × 7 1/4 in.) H x W (card): 28.2 × 22.5 cm (11 1/8 × 8 7/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Sample (USA), 1947; Designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes (American, 1897–1972); cotton, wool-rayon blend, cellulose acetate-laminated aluminum yarn; H x W (sample): 23.5 × 18.4 cm (9 1/4 × 7 1/4 in.) H x W (card): 28.2 × 22.5 cm (11 1/8 × 8 7/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane; 1948-26-4

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