Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Liebes, Dorothy
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- Dorothy Liebes papers
- Dorothy Liebes papers / Series 11: Photographic Material
- Sponsor
- Funding for the processing of the Dorothy Liebes papers was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art. Funding for the digitization of the collection was provided by the Coby Foundation.
- Date
- circa 1920s-circa 1970
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.liebdoro, Subseries 11.4
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Dorothy Liebes papers, circa 1850-1973, bulk 1922-1970. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Scope and Contents note
- This subseries contains photographs of a few Liebes exhibition installations at various venues, garments made from Liebes fabric, and interiors and window displays featuring textiles by Liebes. Photographs, negatives, and color transparencies document the range of her carpets and rugs, pillows and upholstery fabric, draperies and blinds, and other textiles pictured in the homes of actor Edward G. Robinson and architect Samuel Marx, the offices of the San Francisco Mayor, the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Honolulu, the Plaza Hotel and the United Nations headquarters in New York City, and many other locations. Also found is an album of photos by Hedrich-Blessing Studio in Chicago of interiors featuring Liebes textiles. Photographers featured in this series include Richard Averill Smith.
- Collection Restrictions
- This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503512836813-1503512836859-2
