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Textile, Drapery panel for First Class Observation Lounge, SS United States

This is a Textile. It was designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes and woven by Dorothy Wright Liebes and interior designer: Smyth, Urquhart, & Marckwald. It is dated ca. 1952 and we acquired it in 1972. Its medium is cotton, viscose rayon, silk, lurex (cellulose acetate-laminated aluminum yarn, cellulose acetate butyrate-laminated aluminum yarn) and its technique is hand woven 3/1 twill. 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: 289.6 × 105.4 cm (9 ft. 6 in. × 41 1/2 in.)

Cite this object as

Textile, Drapery panel for First Class Observation Lounge, SS United States ; Designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes (American, 1897–1972); Interior Designer: Smyth, Urquhart, & Marckwald; USA; cotton, viscose rayon, silk, lurex (cellulose acetate-laminated aluminum yarn, cellulose acetate butyrate-laminated aluminum yarn); H x W: 289.6 × 105.4 cm (9 ft. 6 in. × 41 1/2 in.); Gift of the Estate of Dorothy Liebes Morin; 1972-75-5

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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