Dorothy Wright Liebes | People | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Few people wielded as much influence over the texture and color of modern architectural interiors in America as textile designer and weaver Dorothy Liebes (1897 – 1972). Her collaborations with architects and designers, including Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Dreyfuss, Donald Deskey, Raymond Loewy, and Samuel Marx resulted in the highly innovative weavings she used as drapes, screens, upholstery and carpets, and that ultimately came to be known as the “Liebes Look.” Her commissions ranged in scope from luxurious textiles for Doris Duke’s Honolulu home Shangri-la and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin to extraordinary room dividers for the United Nations delegates’ dining room. Her industrial design... more.

We have 206 objects that Dorothy Wright Liebes has been involved with.

Photograph, Dorothy Liebes with Louise Fong and Her Infant Daughter, Dorothy Liebes Studio, San Francisco, California

Dorothy Wright Liebes has collaborated with
Richard E. Thibaut, Inc. and
Bonnie Cashin and
Raymond Loewy and
Goodall Worsted Company and
Matson Lines, Inc. and
Stead & Miller and
United Wallpaper, Inc. and
Ralph Higbee and
Frank Lloyd Wright and
DuPont Co.
and 12 others.

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