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Sample Card (USA)
This is a Sample card. It was designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes and woven by Dorothy Wright Liebes. It is dated ca. 1949 and we acquired it in 1972. Its medium is cotton, viscose rayon, wool, cellulose acetate butyrate-laminated metallic yarn and its technique is 2 and 2 twill woven with designated warps pulled up for pile (velvet).\. It is a part of the Textiles department.
This object was
donated by
Estate of Dorothy Liebes Morin.
It is credited Gift of the Estate of Dorothy Liebes Morin.
Its dimensions are
H x W (sample): 26.1 × 18.5 cm (10 1/4 × 7 5/16 in.) H x W (card): 31.8 × 27.9 cm (12 1/2 in. × 11 in.)
It is inscribed
in ink on front of card "#66-15 NY" "Dorothy Liebes" and "c.1949"
Cite this object as
Sample Card (USA); Designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes (American, 1897–1972); cotton, viscose rayon, wool, cellulose acetate butyrate-laminated metallic yarn; H x W (sample): 26.1 × 18.5 cm (10 1/4 × 7 5/16 in.) H x W (card): 31.8 × 27.9 cm (12 1/2 in. × 11 in.); Gift of the Estate of Dorothy Liebes Morin; 1972-75-107
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes.
