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

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Woven sample mounted to a cardboard card with notations by the designer. Subtle plaid of gray chenille and gold metallic yarns. Warp alternates seven heavy plied gray yarns with five fine gold metallic wrapped yarns. Weft alternates six heavy gray chenille yarns with six fine gold metallic wrapped yarns. Fabric is sheer where the gold metallic yarns intersect in the weave. Selvage on left side.

Sample (USA), ca. 1942
synthetic and metallic yarns.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-27

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Woven sample mounted to a cardboard card with notations by the designer. Wide vertical bands, one primarily red and the other with black predominating. Warp is of single red bouclé yarns and paired black plied yarns. Weft is red plied yarn, black smooth yarn, and flat copper metallic strips paired with metallic gold wrapped yarns in regular sequence.

Sample (USA), ca. 1942
synthetic and metallic yarns.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-26

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Woven sample mounted to a cardboard card with notations by the designer. Very open plaid in yellow and silver. Warp is a repeating sequence of metallic silver wrapped yarns, yellow bouclé, and braided clear plastic strips. Weft has bands of yellow rickrack trim, braided clear plastic strip, yellow bouclé, braided flat silver foil, and silver metallic wrapped yarns.

Sample (USA), ca. 1942
cotton, synthetic and metallic yarns.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-25

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Woven sample mounted to a cardboard card with notations by the designer. Balanced plaid in bright colors. Warp has stripes of green, two shades of yellow, two shades of orange, three shades of blue, and pink boucle. Weft has bands of nine different yarns, glossy, chenille, boucle and paired. Selvedge on left side.

Sample (USA), ca. 1942
cotton, synthetic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-24

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Woven sample mounted to a cardboard card with notations by the designer. Twill plaid in shades of purple, blue, coral and bright pink. Warp has bands of purple and blue synthetic two-ply yarns and coral bouclé. Weft has bands of bright pink, blue and purple synthetic yarns in a repeating sequence. A few rows of plain weave at top and bottom; selvedges on left and right sides.

Sample (USA), ca. 1940
synthetic yarns.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-23

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Woven sample mounted to a cardboard card with notations by the designer. Weft is light brown three-ply yarn alternating with flat metallic copper strip paired with wrapped metallic gold yarn. Selvedge at right.

Sample (USA), ca. 1940
synthetic and metallic yarns and metallic strips.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-22

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Woven sample mounted to a cardboard card with notations by the designer. Horizonal stripes of green and red. Warps alternate two shades of red two-ply cotton. Weft is bands of red bouclé in plain weave, two shades of green plied yarn in 2/2 twill, and red smooth yarn in 1/3 twill. Selvedges at left and right sides.

Sample (USA), 1938–39
cotton, synthetic yarns.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-21

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Woven sample mounted to a cardboard card with notations by the designer. Warp is a sequence of eight purple two-ply yarns in two different thicknesses, alternating with four metallic gold wrapped yarns. Weft is turquoise cotton chenille.

Sample (USA), 1938–39
cotton, synthetic yarns, metallic yarns.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-20

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Woven sample mounted to a cardboard card with notations by the designer. Overall tweed effect. Warp is of four-ply, copper-colored cotton yarn. Weft is a repeating sequence of light and dark gray chenille and copper-colored metallic cable of 2 strands of 6 wrapped elements twisted together. Bands of plain weave with paired warps and green boucle wefts at top and bottom.

Sample (USA), 1936–38
cotton, synthetic yarns, metallic cord.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-19

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Woven sample mounted to a cardboard card with notations by the designer. Horizontal stripes of white on white textures. Warp is glossy white rayon yarn; weft alternates bands of white four-ply yarn in plain weave with bands of white chenille in 2/2 twill. Border of plain weave top and bottom; selvedges left and right.

Sample (USA), ca. 1935
rayon, synthetic yarns.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-18

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Woven sample mounted to a cardboard card with notations by the designer. Horizontal stripes of varied widths in green, red, bright pink and white with herringbone pattern. Warp is white cotton; wefts are green bouclé, red chenille, red two-ply yarns, white chenille, and bright pink three-ply yarn.

Sample (USA), 1934–35
cotton, synthetic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-17

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Woven sample mounted on a cardboard card with notations by the designer. Vertical herringbone twill in green and gray. Warp is green bouclé; weft is grey chenille paired with grey bouclé. Selvage on right side.

Sample (USA), 1934–35
cotton, rayon.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-16

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Woven sample mounted to a cardboard card with notations by the designer. Dark red with very fine pink horizontal stripes. Warp alternates two thick and two thin dark red cotton yarns; weft is pink three-ply cotton.

Sample (USA), ca. 1934
cotton.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-15

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Woven sample mounted to a cardboard card with notations by the designer. White cotton upholstery fabric with block pattern in two textures. Warp is white cotton; weft is same white cotton alternating with a very heavy white cotton. Bands of plain weave at top and bottom of sample; selvage at left and right side.

Sample (USA), ca. 1934
cotton.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-14

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Woven sample mounted to a cardboard card with notations by the designer. Three broad horizontal stripes in shades of green, with a vertical herringbone design which changes direction at the point of color change. Warp is off-white cotton; wefts are green cotton chenille. Selvage at left side.

Sample (USA), ca. 1934
cotton.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-13

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Window blind with rigid wefts. Warp in three groups striped red, gold and white. Wefts are a three-quarter inch diameter white half round that alternates with a one-eighth inch diameter white round reed.

Window Blind (USA), 1952–54
synthetic, metallic, wood.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-10

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Sample of a woven window blind with rigid wefts. Warps are spaced and striped blue and green on one side and red on the other with gold in center. Wefts are alternately a half round, half-inch dowel and a full round one-eighth inch diameter white reed.

Window Blind Sample (USA), 1956
synthetic, metallic, wood.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-9

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Sample of a woven window blind with warp stripes and rigid wefts. The warps are of grey, orange, and green synthetic yarns and gold-colored Lurex strips; the wefts are 1/2 inch diameter, half-round wooden dowels alternating with 1/8 inch diameter reeds in various sequences.

Window Blind Sample (USA), ca. 1953
synthetic fiber, lurex, wood.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-8

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Checkerboard pattern of plain weave alternating with gauze weave in beige and tan.

Textile (USA), ca. 1966
cotton, synthetic, metallic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-7

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Warp stripes of shades of blue and green with narrow accents of metallic.

Textile (USA), ca. 1952
cotton, rayon, silk, metallic yarns.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-5

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Square plaid in shades of red and orange with accents of yellow, black, brown and green.

Textile (USA), 1940–42
cotton, metallic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-3

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Unbalanced plaid of white, green and orange with yellow, lavender and black.

Textile (USA), 1935–37
cotton.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-2

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Woven sample with horizontal stripes in varied widths and textures, in blue-green, pink and purple. Warp is black, heavy, plied silk-like fiber. Wefts are light and dark blue plied synthetic yarns, light green chenille, royal blue chenille, navy glass beads, pink patterned rayon ribbon, and dark blue cellophane film.

Sample (USA), ca. 1950
silk, rayon or mercerized cotton, synthetics yarns, metallic yarns, rayon....
1955-71-5

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Woven sample with a windowpane plaid of clear plastic, off-white and pale green. Warp is off-white cotton; wefts are clear plastic tubing, off-white silk, and pale green synthetic yarns.

Sample (USA), ca. 1950
plastic tubing, mercerized cotton or rayon, silk, synthetic yarns.
1955-71-3

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Plaid design in grey chenille and yellow cotton.

Sample (USA), 1947
cotton.
1948-26-2

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Delicate plaid formed by various novelty wool yarns in shades of grey and beige combined with gold and silver flat strips wound on a silk core.

Sample (USA), 1947
wool, metal.
1948-26-21

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Firmly woven yellow-green textile with warps of novelty yarn. Wefts of mohair are wound loosely with narrow gold strips. One plain cloth selvage with cotton warps.

Textile (USA), 1947
mohair, metal.
1948-26-19

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Plaid of bright blue, green and pink on ground of pale blue. Some weft stripes have threads wound with thin gold strips. There is an attached sample of plain twill in light and dark blue.

Textile (USA), 1947
mohair, cotton, metal.
1948-26-18

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Deep purple-blue ground cloth with wefts beaten down to hide warps. Heavier wefts run in at quarter inch intervals and deeply looped in certain areas to form vertical stripes of varying widths. Broad bands of purple-blue stripes alternate with narrower bands of jade green and white.

Textile (USA), 1940
silk, cotton.
1948-26-17

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Hand-woven sample of a textile in red and orange chenille and red metal.

Textile (USA), 1947–48
cotton, metal.
1948-26-16

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Wide green band patterned by green and blue rectangles formed by floats. Sewn to both sides is a three-quarter inch tape: green on one side and blue on the other.

Fragment (USA), 1950–60
cotton (?).
Gift of Marguerite E. Flynn.
1975-50-1

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Three-quarter inch squares in blue, yellow-green, violet, and blue-green.

Textile (USA), ca. 1967
wool.
1976-101-1

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Design that alternates tightly and loosely woven stripes in white creating a plaid effect.

Sample (USA), 1945
mohair, silk.
1948-26-20

This object was made by Goodall Worsted Company.
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Printed panel with a landscape scene, non-repeating, of a dark brown mountain in the upper right, surrounded by low foothills of lighter browns, with a valley of dark brown trees. In the foreground the hills are ivory, with a row of trees in greater detail in the lower left corner.

Panel, Ranch, ca. 1939
silk.
Gift of Lanette Scheeline.
1998-29-10

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Length in stripes of yellow, orange and green. Same material as 1967-57-1, but the yellow dye bonded with different mordants to produce different colors.

Textile (USA), 1960–69
synthetic.
1967-57-2

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