Plain weave plaid with paired and unpaired warps in shades of blue, gold and metallic gray. Warp is sixteen two-ply blue cotton yarns and eight wrapped metallic yarns alternating across the warp. Weft is a repeating unit of fourteen textured two-ply cotton turquoise yarn, one gray metallic braid, six blue synthetic yarns and one gray metallic braid.

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1944	Work on this object began.
1954	Work on this object ended.
1972	We acquired this object.
2010	We photographed this object.
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Sample (USA), ca. 1949

This is a Sample. 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 synthetic, cotton and its technique is plain weave. It is a part of the Textiles department.

It is credited Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.

Its dimensions are

Warp x Weft (sample): 17 x 18 cm (6 11/16 x 7 1/16 in.) H x W (card): 31.8 x 27.9 cm (12 1/2 x 11 in.)

It is inscribed

#2985 c. 1949 Dorothy Liebes

Cite this object as

Sample (USA), ca. 1949; Designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes (American, 1897–1972); synthetic, cotton; Warp x Weft (sample): 17 x 18 cm (6 11/16 x 7 1/16 in.) H x W (card): 31.8 x 27.9 cm (12 1/2 x 11 in.); Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin; 1972-75-69

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Accession Number 1972-75-69
Object ID 18478411