Sample card
Object Details
- Designer
- Dorothy Wright Liebes, American, 1897–1972
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- 1/3 twill with a variety of wefts, predominantly deep purple.
- Warp: 1 brown 3 ply yarn, 3 beige 2 ply yarn.
- Weft: bands of various yarns making 4 3/4" repeat. Yarns include chenilles, smooth yarns and plied yarns in varying weights all in purple or maroon.
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Estate of Dorothy Liebes Morin
- ca. 1953
- Accession Number
- 1972-75-89
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- woven textiles
- Sample card
- Medium
- Medium: cotton, viscose rayon, silk, silk-rayon blend, wool Technique: twill woven
- Dimensions
- H x W (sample): 25.2 × 19.8 cm (9 15/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
- H x W (card): 31.8 × 27.9 cm (12 1/2 in. × 11 in.)
- made in
- USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Textiles Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1972-75-89
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4769f90ef-db65-4323-b0ba-18ae3dfff170
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