Dorothy Wright Liebes
Weaving Sample #50
1947
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Dorothy Wright Liebes
Weaving Sample #50
1947
Physical Qualities
Synthetic, cotton, and metallic wrapped yarns, 8-3/4 x 8 in. (22.2 x 20.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Education Department Fund
Object Number
1948.28g
One of fifteen small weaving samples from the studio of Dorothy Liebes. This example consists of a twill-woven stripped fabric with flat gold metallic yarns as well as, other yarns of dull lavender, bright purple, orange, fuchsia, maroon, teal, and grey. The direction of the weave changes at certain points.
The sample was 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, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'The Face of America: Modernist Art 1910-1950,' October 9 - December 29, 1996.
Inscribed: Printed by hand at the lower left below the sample: '50'; 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. ]
