Dorothy Wright Liebes
Weaving Sample #1764
1947
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Dorothy Wright Liebes
Weaving Sample #1764
1947
Physical Qualities
Metallic wrapped, synthetic, and cotton yarns, 8 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (21.6 x 21 cm.)
Credit Line
Education Department Fund
Object Number
1948.28b
One of fifteen small weaving samples from the studio of Dorothy Liebes. This example is woven in tabby, basket, twill, and sateen twill weaves in red and mixed metallic yarns.
All samples were originally attached to a white cardboard mount with the number of the design and name of the designer written by hand. (Removed for conservation reasons but saved in Textile Department.)
The Baltimore Museum of Art (Junior Museum), by purchase 1948; from the designer, Dorothy W. Liebes, San Francisco
Brenda Richardson, et. al., Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, 'The Face of America: Modernist Art 1910-1950,' October 9 - December 29, 1996, no catalogue.
Inscribed: Printed by hand on the mount at the lower right below the sample: 'Dorothy Liebes/ #1764' [Textile removed from original mount due to conservation concerns. Board not acid free. ]
