Object Timeline

1963

  • Work on this object began.

2020

2021

  • We acquired this object.

2024

  • You found it!

Sample

This is a Sample. It was designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes. It is dated 1963 and we acquired it in 2021. Its medium is cotton, viscose rayon, silk-viscose rayon blend, cellulose acetate butyrate-laminated aluminum yarn, nylon-laminated metal yarn, copper alloy. It is a part of the department.

This object was donated by Titi Halle. It is credited Gift of Titi Halle.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 43.8 × 81.6 cm (17 1/4 × 32 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

"Dorothy Liebes Textiles 66-244 #2" label stapled to corner

Cite this object as

Sample; Designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes (American, 1897–1972); cotton, viscose rayon, silk-viscose rayon blend, cellulose acetate butyrate-laminated aluminum yarn, nylon-laminated metal yarn, copper alloy; H x W: 43.8 × 81.6 cm (17 1/4 × 32 1/8 in.); Gift of Titi Halle; 2021-15-12

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