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1915

  • Work on this object began.

1925

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2021

2023

2025

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Loom, Forsythe Loom Owned by Dorothy Liebes

This is a Loom. It was designed by Nina Beckwith Forsythe and made for Dorothy Wright Liebes and patented by Nina Beckwith Forsythe.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from New York Historical Society as part of A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes.

It is dated ca. 1920. Its medium is loom: wood and metal; textile: cotton, synthetic fibers, and lurex. It is a part of the department.

It is credited New York Historical Society, American Textile History Museum Collection, Gift of Douglas Todd.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 152.4 × 91.4 × 106.7 cm (60 × 36 × 42 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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