Collaborations with Lanette Scheeline | Dorothy Wright Liebes | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Sample in plain weave with spaced paired and unpaired warps in grey and white narrow plastic. Weft is a repeating sequence of flat white reed, circular translucent plastic, flat white reed, and circular white plastic.

Window Blind Sample (USA), 1950–51
synthetic and plastic yarns, wooden slats.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-121

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Sample in plain weave with paired and other multiple warps in yellows and metallic yarns. Warps include yellow chenille, yellow boucle, and two different yellow smooth yarns, green and white two-ply yarn, white smooth yarn, two flat metallic braids, narrow wrapped metallic gold. Wefts are reeds.

Window Blind Sample (USA), ca. 1950
synthetic yarns, reeds.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-120

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Sample with striped warp of two different blue chenille yarns, blue boucle, two different blue plied yarns and blue flat metallic braid (one mended with plastic tape). Wefts are wide reeds followed by three or seven narrow reeds.

Window Blind Sample (USA), ca. 1950
synthetic yarns, reeds.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-119

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Plain weave with spaced warps of white boucle, white chenille, white two-ply yarn, flat silver metallic threads, silver metallic yarn wrapped over central core, and two different metallic gold braids. The sequence of stripes does not repeat from left to right. Wefts are round reeds.

Window Blind Sample (USA), ca. 1950
synthetic yarn, reeds.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-117

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Window blind sample with paired and other multiple warps in three different shades of green and beige chenille, green boucle, brown boucle, beige plied yarn, two different brown smooth yarns and flat, metallic gold braid and metallic gold braided over two central cores. Wefts are a repeating sequence of one large brown half round and three narrow brown reeds.

Window Blind Sample (USA), 1948–50
synthetic, wooden half rounds, reeds.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-116

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Plain weave with grouped warps consisting of white chenille, white boucle, and white plied yarn. Wefts are alternating rows of flat and round reeds. Flat reeds are occasionally paired with woven, ball fringe tape.

Window Blind Sample (USA), ca. 1948
cotton, reeds, wooden slats.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-115

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Window blind sample with spaced warp in a variety of yarns including reeds and metallics giving the effect of a brightly-colored plaid. Warp has spaced stripes of yellow, green, turquoise, pink, and blue in plied, boucle and chenille yarn. Weft has split reeds, thick pink and green plied yarns and several narrower yarns, plied, boucle and wrapped metallic.

Window Blind Sample (USA), 1945
reeds, synthetic, cotton (?).
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-114

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Plaid made by the interlacings of different tones of red leather. Each strip is 1.5 inches wide.

Sample (USA), 1958
leather.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-113

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Plaid made by the interlacing of strips of leather: beige, light green, orange and yellow.

Sample (USA), 1958
leather.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-112

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Broken twill weave with projecting tubular flaps. Flaps were formed by releasing tension on one beam while maintaining it on the other. Weft-paired pink yarn with unpaired orange chenille and unpaired purple for tubular flaps. Warps alternately wound on two different beams.

Sample (USA), 1967
wool (?), synthetic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-111

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Light green textile with three dark green tubular plain weave flaps on the surface. Warp was alternately wound on two different beams. Flaps were formed by releasing tension on one beam while maintaining it on the other. Warp is two-ply green yarn. Weft is white two-ply yarn with green two-ply yarn for tubular flaps.

Sample (USA), ca. 1948
cotton or synthetic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-110

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Plain weave with 3 projecting 1 1/4 tubular plain weave flaps. Warp was alternately wound on 2 different beams. Flaps were formed by releasing tension on one beam while maintaining it on the other.
Warp: 1 wrapped silver, 3 white 2 ply yarns wound a.c. on one beam, b.d. on the other.
Weft: white textured plied yarn.

Sample (USA), ca. 1948
synthetic fiber.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-109

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Blocks of pile (uncut loops) in stripes of pink and brown.

Sample (USA), ca. 1950
cotton and synthetic fiber.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-108

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Sample (USA)
cotton and synthetic fiber.
1972-75-107

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Triangles of pile (uncut loops) in stripes of yellow, chartreuse and olive.

Sample (USA), ca. 1949
cotton and synthetic fiber.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-106

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

2/2 twill with geometric pattern of projecting loops made by supplementary warp.
Warp: black 3 ply string; supplementary warp of red bouclé.
Weft: black 3 ply string paired with flat metallic gold.

Sample (USA), ca. 1949
cotton and synthetic fiber.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-105

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

2/2 twill with supplementary weft loops (slip loop with an extra wrap).
Warp: white 3 ply cotton string alternate with beige yarn.
Weft: 3 rows of white synthetic paired with flat gold metallic alternate with 2 rows beige chenille.

Sample (USA), ca. 1948
synthetic and cotton fibers.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-104

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Checked patterned. Double cloth: black plain weave intercrossed with ivory float patterned plain weave.
Warp ratio 1:1; weft ratio 2:2.

Sample (USA), 1967
wool fiber.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-103

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Weft face of 5 harness satin.
Warp: Coral yarn.
Weft: white plied cotton alternate with 2 rows of coral chenille.

Sample (USA), 1956
synthetic and cotton fiber.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-102

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Plain weave with paired and unpaired warps and paired wefts.
Warp: 2 green alternate with 2 red 2 ply yarns.
Weft: orange 2 ply yarns paired with flat metallic yarns in silver, gold and red.

Sample (USA), 1956
synthetic fiber.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-101

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Asymmetrical horizontal 2 and 2 herringbone with paired warps and 2 and 2 herringbone paired wefts.
Warp: paired brown 2 ply yarn with stripes of 4 rows of paired orange 2 ply yarn.
Weft: white synthetic plied with metallic yarn.

Sample (USA), 1956
synthetic fiber.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-100

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Plain weave with paired warps of black cotton and wide flat strips of synthetic metal.
Warp: 2 ply black cotton and black bouclé in random arrangement. Weft: flat yellow metallic alternating with 2 wide black chenille yarn.

Sample (USA), ca. 1955
cotton and synthetic metal.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-99

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

plain weave with paired warps in beige and synthetic metals.
Warp: 3 different beige yarns including bouclé; weft: 3 beige chenille, alternating with gold metallic braid in gold or copper color.

Sample (USA), ca. 1955
synthetic fiber.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-98

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

2/2 twill interrupted after 2 weft of blue or black chenille by 2 wefts of plain weave with paired warps of various cotton and synthetic metal yarn. Warp: black bouclé alternating with 3 ply yarn.
Weft: chenille yarn in blue or black, braided synthetic in pink or green. 3 chenille followed by 1 metallic braid.

Sample (USA), ca. 1954
cotton and synthetic fiber.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-97

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

1/3 twill with occasional bands of plain weave with paired warps.
Warp: white bouclé alternate with white 4 ply string.
Weft: random non-repeating bands in a variety of yarns including pink chenille, light purple chenille, bright pink plied yarn, light purple metallic braid, silver metallic braid, flat pink metallic paired with plied pink, pink woven braided metallic, several other pink plied yarns.

Sample (USA), ca. 1954
synthetic and cotton fiber.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-96

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Plain weave of string and wide "rick-rack" metallic braid.
Warp: white string; weft: 2 strings alternate with 1 "rick-rack" braid into which synthetic metal has been braided.

Sample (USA), ca. 1954
cotton and synthetic fiber.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-95

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

2/2 twill in shades of brown and orange with metallic accents.
Warp: repeating stripes of 12 brown 2 ply yarn, 14 rust bouclé, 14 orange textured yarn.
Weft: alternating rows of 3 shades of brown yarn, most paired with flat copper colored metallic yarn.

Sample (USA), ca. 1954
cotton (?) and synthetic fiber.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-94

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Plain weave with paired and unpaired warp and wefts in bright yellow with synthetic metal.
Warp: 4 different bright yellow yarns in regular alternation. Every fourth yarn is paired with narrow wrapped gold yarn.
Weft: a variety of bright yellow textured yarns, each paired with flat gold metallic.

Sample (USA), ca. 1954
synthetic fiber.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-93

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Straight 2/3 twill plaid in shades of blue with white.
Warp: stripes of white string, novelty light blue yarn, 2 shades of blue yarn alternating.
Weft: white synthetic, dark blue chenille, and light blue chenille, paired with flat metal.

Sample (USA), 1953–54
cotton and synthetic fiber.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-92

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Plain weave with alternate warps tripled.
Warp: bouclé and 2 ply smooth yarn.
Weft: chenille or bouclé yarns alternate with metallic yarns of varying widths and types; some flat, some braided, some wrapped and some paired.

Sample (USA), ca. 1953
synthetic fiber.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-91

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Symmetrical 2 and 2 horizontal twill in purple and blue.
Warp: aqua yarn.
Weft: purple chenille alternating with 2 ply purple yarn paired with flat blue synthetic metal.

Sample (USA), ca. 1953
synthetic fiber.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-90

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

1/3 twill with a variety of wefts, predominantly deep purple.
Warp: 1 brown 3 ply yarn, 3 beige 2 ply yarn.
Weft: bands of various yarns making 4 3/4" repeat. Yarns include chenilles, smooth yarns and plied yarns in varying weights all in purple or maroon.

Sample (USA), ca. 1953
synthetic fiber, cotton?.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-89

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Open plain weave with 3 span floats of every 4th warp on shed A & B. Paired and unpaired warps are in a variety of yarns in white, gold and silver.
Warp: repeating pattern of white flake yarn, transparent chained plastic, wrapped silver yarn, wrapped gold yarn paired with 2 ply gold yarn.
Weft: chained transparent plastic, alternating wtih white boucle yarn; flat, wrapped and braided silver; flat wrapped and braided gold yarn.

Sample (USA), ca. 1953
synthetic fiber.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-88

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Plain weave in shades of blue and every eighth warp in white. Weft has two shots over two under two alternating two shots over one under one. Blue chenille, two shades of blue smooth yarn and white yarn. Many rows paired with silver flat metal.

Sample (USA), ca. 1948
synthetic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-87

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Plain weave non-repeating plaid with paired warps. Warp is a variety of yarns in a non-repeating sequence including pink chenille, various pink plied yarns, pink smooth yarns, green boucle, green smooth yarn and metallic braided over a central core. Weft has a variety of yarns in a repeating sequence including green boucle, pink metallic braid, pink plied yarn, pink chenille, pink smooth yarn, copper metallic braided over a central core, and yellow novelty yarn with tufts.

Sample (USA), ca. 1952
synthetic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-86

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.