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Textile, Mexican Plaid

This is a Textile. It was designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes and woven by Dorothy Wright Liebes. It is dated ca. 1938 and we acquired it in 1972. Its medium is wool, cotton, silk, viscose rayon, nylon, cellulose triacetate, viscose rayon-cellulose triacetate blend, cellulose acetate-laminated aluminum yarn, cellulose triacetate-laminated aluminum yarn, cellulose acetate butyrate-laminated aluminum yarn, celloph and its technique is twill woven. 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: 312.4 × 126 cm (10 ft. 3 in. × 49 5/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Textile, Mexican Plaid; Designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes (American, 1897–1972); USA; wool, cotton, silk, viscose rayon, nylon, cellulose triacetate, viscose rayon-cellulose triacetate blend, cellulose acetate-laminated aluminum yarn, cellulose triacetate-laminated aluminum yarn, cellulose acetate butyrate-laminated aluminum yarn, celloph; H x W: 312.4 × 126 cm (10 ft. 3 in. × 49 5/8 in.); Gift of the Estate of Dorothy Liebes Morin; 1972-75-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes.

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