Window Blind Sample, ca. 1953
This object is resting in our storage facility.
We acquired this object in 1972
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- Object ID: 18478285
- Accession Number: 1972-75-124
- Acquired: 1972
- Short URL: http://cprhw.tt/o/2CGX8/
- Window Blind Sample, ca. 1953. ca. 1953. Medium: synthetic yarn and chenille, gold metallic cord, painted reeds Technique: plain weave with spaced, unpaired warps. Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin. 1972-75-124.
Chenille and plied yarn in red, green, blue and gold cord form even warp stripes. Weft has a repeated sequence of painted reeds: four blue, one orange, two green, and one orange.
This window blind sample is medium: synthetic yarn and chenille, gold metallic cord, painted reeds technique: plain weave with spaced, unpaired warps. Its dimensions are: Warp x Weft: 25.5 x 9.5 cm (10 1/16 x 3 3/4 in.).
It is inscribed #3340 c. 1953 Dorothy Liebes
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This window blind sample is from United States and dated ca. 1953
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Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin. This object came to our collection as a Unknown, in 1972.
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