Object Timeline

  • We acquired this object.

1953

  • Work on this object began.

2023

2025

  • You found it!

Advertisement, "The Thread of the Story Is Lurex: Colored Lurex in a Swimsuit"

This is a Advertisement. It was designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes and made for (as the client) Dobeckmun Company. It is dated 1953. Its medium is reproduction. It is a part of the Exhibitions department.

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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