Object Details
Designer
Dorothy Wright Liebes, American, 1897–1972
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Symmetrical 2/2 horizontal herringbone twill in shades of blue and purple. Warp is two-ply blue yarns that alternate. Weft is purple chenille that alternates with two-ply purple yarn combined with narrow synthetic blue metallic yarn.
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy Liebes Morin
Date
ca. 1949
Accession Number
1972-75-72
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
woven textiles
Sample card
Medium
Medium: cotton, silk, wool-viscose rayon blend, cellulose acetate butyrate-laminated aluminum yarn Technique: 2/2 twill woven
Dimensions
H x W (sample): 23.5 × 17.4 cm (9 1/4 × 6 7/8 in.)
H x W (card): 31.8 × 27.9 cm (12 1/2 in. × 11 in.)
made in
USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1972-75-72