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  • We acquired this object.

1950

  • Work on this object began.

2021

2023

2025

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Textile, Drapery Panel for the Persian Room at the Plaza Hotel, New York City

This is a Textile. It is dated 1950. Its medium is handwoven various fibers and lurex (aluminum foil, plastic-coated) . It is a part of the department.

It is credited Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Dorothy Liebes Design Inc., 1973.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 274.3 × 127 cm (9 ft. × 50 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes.

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