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1953

  • Work on this object began.

2020

2021

  • We acquired this object.

2025

  • You found it!

Sample, 1953

This is a Sample. It was designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes. It is dated 1953 and we acquired it in 2021. Its medium is rayon, cotton, nylon, wool, painted wood, cellulose acetate butyrate-laminated aluminum yarn, polyester-laminated aluminum yarn. It is a part of the Textiles department.

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

Its dimensions are

H x W: 47.6 × 62.2 cm (18 3/4 × 24 1/2 in.)

Cite this object as

Sample, 1953; Designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes (American, 1897–1972); rayon, cotton, nylon, wool, painted wood, cellulose acetate butyrate-laminated aluminum yarn, polyester-laminated aluminum yarn; H x W: 47.6 × 62.2 cm (18 3/4 × 24 1/2 in.); Gift of Titi Halle; 2021-15-19

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