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  • We acquired this object.

1964

  • Work on this object began.

2023

2025

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Sketch With Swatch, Design for a Skirt

This is a Sketch with Swatch. It was designed by Bonnie Cashin and Dorothy Wright Liebes.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Fashion Institute of Technology Library, Special Collections as part of A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes.

It is dated 1964. Its medium is graphite and gouache on paper; linen fabric swatch. It is a part of the department.

It is credited Fashion Institute of Technology ; SUNY, FIT Library Special Collections and College Archives, New York, NY, USA.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 38.1 × 27.9 cm (15 × 11 in.) approx.

It is signed

Bonnie C.

It is inscribed

August, 1964

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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