Object Timeline

1948

  • Work on this object began.

1958

  • Work on this object ended.

1970

1972

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2021

2023

  • You found it!

Window Blind Sample (USA)

This is a Window blind sample. It was designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes and woven by Dorothy Wright Liebes. It is dated ca. 1953 and we acquired it in 1972. Its medium is synthetic fiber, lurex, wood 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.

  • Bag, Little Box
  • polyurethane embedded with polyester and polyamide metallic threads.
  • Courtesy of Luisa Cevese Riedizioni.
  • 88.2015.12
  • Bag, Small Shaving
  • gilded washi paper, silk, polyurethane.
  • Courtesy of Luisa Cevese Riedizioni.
  • 88.2015.10

Its dimensions are

Warp x Weft: 249 x 56 cm (8 ft. 2 1/16 in. x 22 1/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Window Blind Sample (USA); Designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes (American, 1897–1972); synthetic fiber, lurex, wood; Warp x Weft: 249 x 56 cm (8 ft. 2 1/16 in. x 22 1/16 in.); Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin; 1972-75-8

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