Object Timeline

1963

  • Work on this object began.

2020

2021

  • We acquired this object.

2025

  • You found it!

Sample

This is a Sample. It was designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes and manufactured by Columbia Mills. It is dated 1963 and we acquired it in 2021. Its medium is cotton, viscose rayon, painted wood, cellulose acetate-laminated aluminum yarn, cellulose acetate butryate-laminated aluminum yarn. It is a part of the department.

This object was donated by Titi Halle. It is credited Gift of Titi Halle.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 77.5 × 61 cm (30 1/2 in. × 24 in.)

It is inscribed

"POWER LOOM BLIND Manufactured by: COLUMBIA MILLS" label stapled to top reverse

Cite this object as

Sample; Designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes (American, 1897–1972); Manufactured by Columbia Mills; cotton, viscose rayon, painted wood, cellulose acetate-laminated aluminum yarn, cellulose acetate butryate-laminated aluminum yarn; H x W: 77.5 × 61 cm (30 1/2 in. × 24 in.); Gift of Titi Halle; 2021-15-8

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