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1950

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2021

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Textile, Drapery Panel for the Persian Room at the Plaza Hotel, New York City

This is a Textile. It was designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes and interior designer: Henry Dreyfuss.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes.

It is dated 1950. Its medium is handwoven various fibers and lurex (aluminum foil, plastic-coated) . It is a part of the Exhibitions department.

It is credited Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Dorothy Liebes Design Inc., 1973.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 274.3 × 127 cm (9 ft. × 50 in.)

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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