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1942

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Sample Card, Samples for a Woven Upholstery

This is a Sample card. It was designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes and manufactured by Goodall Worsted Company. It is dated ca. 1947 and we acquired it in 1972. Its medium is cotton, wool, cellulose acetate butyrate-laminated aluminum yarn and its technique is plain weave (power loomed). It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was donated by Estate of Dorothy Liebes Morin. It is credited Gift of the Estate of Dorothy Liebes Morin.

Its dimensions are

H x W (sample a): 13.7 × 14.6 cm (5 3/8 × 5 3/4 in.) H x W (sample b): 11 × 15.7 cm (4 5/16 × 6 3/16 in.) H x W (card): 31.8 × 27.9 cm (12 1/2 in. × 11 in.)

It is inscribed

Liebes #UP55-8-8-13 (red) and UP55-8-8-14 (natural). Goodall- Sanford Power Loomed.

Cite this object as

Sample Card, Samples for a Woven Upholstery; Designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes (American, 1897–1972); Manufactured by Goodall Worsted Company; USA; cotton, wool, cellulose acetate butyrate-laminated aluminum yarn; H x W (sample a): 13.7 × 14.6 cm (5 3/8 × 5 3/4 in.) H x W (sample b): 11 × 15.7 cm (4 5/16 × 6 3/16 in.) H x W (card): 31.8 × 27.9 cm (12 1/2 in. × 11 in.); Gift of the Estate of Dorothy Liebes Morin; 1972-75-45-a,b

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