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  • We acquired this object.

1947

  • Work on this object began.

2021

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2025

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Textile, Pretty Penny Drapery for City National Bank, Houston, Texas

This is a Textile. It is dated 1947. Its medium is handwoven cotton, silk, rayon, and lurex (aluminum foil, plastic-coated). It is a part of the department.

It is credited Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Dorothy Liebes Design Inc., 1973.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 274.3 × 127 cm (9 ft. × 50 in.)

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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