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1945

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1955

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Sample Card (USA), ca. 1950

This is a Sample card. It was designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes and woven by Dorothy Wright Liebes. It is dated ca. 1950 and we acquired it in 1972. Its medium is cotton, viscose rayon, cellulose acetate butyrate-laminated metallic braid, reed and its technique is plain weave. 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): 22 × 24 cm (8 11/16 × 9 7/16 in.) H x W (card): 30.5 × 28 cm (12 × 11 in.)

It is inscribed

3166B c. 1950 CR/M price solid warp for framing Dorothy Liebes

Cite this object as

Sample Card (USA), ca. 1950; Designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes (American, 1897–1972); cotton, viscose rayon, cellulose acetate butyrate-laminated metallic braid, reed; H x W (sample): 22 × 24 cm (8 11/16 × 9 7/16 in.) H x W (card): 30.5 × 28 cm (12 × 11 in.); Gift of the Estate of Dorothy Liebes Morin; 1972-75-118

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