Dorothy Wright Liebes
Weaving Sample #2583
1947
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Dorothy Wright Liebes
Weaving Sample #2583
1947
Physical Qualities
Metallic wrapped and synthetic yarns, 7 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. (19.7 x 19.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Education Department Fund
Object Number
1948.28c
One of fifteen small weaving samples from the studio of Dorothy Liebes. This example consists of a twill-woven piece of cloth using metallic yarns and tapes and silks and wools in a variety of forms (yarns, ribbons or tapes, rick-rack) and colors, including red, blue, green, purple, yellow, and black/brown.
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, 'Face of America: Modernist Art 1910-1950,' October 9 - December 2, 1996, no catalogue.
Inscribed: Printed by hand on the mount at the lower left below the sample: '2583'; Printed by hand at the lower right below the sample: 'DOROTHY LIEBES' [Textile removed from original mount due to conservation concerns. Board not acid free. ]
