1972 | Acquired | Objects | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Straight 2/3 twill plaid in shades of blue with white.
Warp: stripes of white string, novelty light blue yarn, 2 shades of blue yarn alternating.
Weft: white synthetic, dark blue chenille, and light blue chenille, paired with flat metal.

Sample (USA), 1953–54
cotton and synthetic fiber.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-92

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Plain weave with alternate warps tripled.
Warp: bouclé and 2 ply smooth yarn.
Weft: chenille or bouclé yarns alternate with metallic yarns of varying widths and types; some flat, some braided, some wrapped and some paired.

Sample (USA), ca. 1953
synthetic fiber.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-91

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Symmetrical 2 and 2 horizontal twill in purple and blue.
Warp: aqua yarn.
Weft: purple chenille alternating with 2 ply purple yarn paired with flat blue synthetic metal.

Sample (USA), ca. 1953
synthetic fiber.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-90

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Sample of a woven window blind with rigid wefts. Warps are spaced and striped blue and green on one side and red on the other with gold in center. Wefts are alternately a half round, half-inch dowel and a full round one-eighth inch diameter white reed.

Window Blind Sample (USA), 1956
synthetic, metallic, wood.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-9

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

1/3 twill with a variety of wefts, predominantly deep purple.
Warp: 1 brown 3 ply yarn, 3 beige 2 ply yarn.
Weft: bands of various yarns making 4 3/4" repeat. Yarns include chenilles, smooth yarns and plied yarns in varying weights all in purple or maroon.

Sample (USA), ca. 1953
synthetic fiber, cotton?.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-89

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Open plain weave with 3 span floats of every 4th warp on shed A & B. Paired and unpaired warps are in a variety of yarns in white, gold and silver.
Warp: repeating pattern of white flake yarn, transparent chained plastic, wrapped silver yarn, wrapped gold yarn paired with 2 ply gold yarn.
Weft: chained transparent plastic, alternating wtih white boucle yarn; flat, wrapped and braided silver; flat wrapped and braided gold yarn.

Sample (USA), ca. 1953
synthetic fiber.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-88

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Plain weave in shades of blue and every eighth warp in white. Weft has two shots over two under two alternating two shots over one under one. Blue chenille, two shades of blue smooth yarn and white yarn. Many rows paired with silver flat metal.

Sample (USA), ca. 1948
synthetic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-87

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Plain weave non-repeating plaid with paired warps. Warp is a variety of yarns in a non-repeating sequence including pink chenille, various pink plied yarns, pink smooth yarns, green boucle, green smooth yarn and metallic braided over a central core. Weft has a variety of yarns in a repeating sequence including green boucle, pink metallic braid, pink plied yarn, pink chenille, pink smooth yarn, copper metallic braided over a central core, and yellow novelty yarn with tufts.

Sample (USA), ca. 1952
synthetic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-86

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

1/3 twill of cotton and metallic yarns. Warp of black two-ply cotton. Weft has flat metallic yarn in shades of gold, silver and red.

Sample (USA), ca. 1952
cotton, synthetic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-85

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

2/2 twill plaid in muted colors. Warp has stripes of light blue, light gray, light brown two-ply yarn, light purple boucle. Weft has bands of green plied, brown chenille, yellow plied and pink boucle yarn.

Sample (USA), ca. 1952
synthetic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-84

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Plain weave with paired and unpaired warps in black and white. Warp has an alternating sequence of plied white synthetic yarn and four ends four-ply black yarn. Most of the fabric is woven with paired warps: two black, one black and one white, but there are three stripes where the four black yarns are woven singly. Weft has bands of white synthetic plied yarn and two-ply black yarn.

Sample (USA), ca. 1952
synthetic, cotton.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-83

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Sample with a warp of black ribbon. Weft is black ribbon with silver metallic ribbon alternating in the weft.

Sample (USA), ca. 1952
synthetic, metallic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-82

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Plain weave variation in which some warps float over two wefts in order to create pattern. Warp of paired beige synthetic yarns alternate with three strands of wrapped metallic yarn. Weft is green two-ply cotton alternating with green synthetic paired with flat metallic yarn.

Sample (USA), ca. 1950
cotton, synthetic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-81

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Twill of mixed cotton and synthetic yarns in shades of blue and metallic gold. Some sections are woven in 2/2 twill, some in 1/3 twill. Warp has stripes of eight bright blue yarns alternating with four wrapped metallic yarns. Weft is blue chenille alternating with three different metallic yarns. Sample is not large enough for a complete repeat.

Sample (USA), ca. 1950
synthetic, cotton?.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-80

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Sample of a woven window blind with warp stripes and rigid wefts. The warps are of grey, orange, and green synthetic yarns and gold-colored Lurex strips; the wefts are 1/2 inch diameter, half-round wooden dowels alternating with 1/8 inch diameter reeds in various sequences.

Window Blind Sample (USA), ca. 1953
synthetic fiber, lurex, wood.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-8

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Plain weave with paired warps black boucle and chenille yarns with blue metallic yarn. Warp has two-ply black cotton and black boucle in pairs. Weft is black chenille alternating with flat blue metallic paired with narrow black thread.

Sample (USA), 1950–51
cotton, synthetic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-79

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Plain weave with continuous supplementary wefts making a block pattern in pink and metallic gold. Warp is three-ply white cotton. Foundation weft is pink boucle. Continuous supplementary weft double wrapped gold metallic.

Sample (USA), ca. 1949
cotton, synthetic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-78

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Twill of mixed cotton and synthetic yarns in shades of blue and metallic gold. Some sections are woven in 2/2 twill, some in 1/3 twill. Warp has stripes of eight bright blue yarns alternating with four wrapped metallic yarns. Weft is blue chenille alternating with three different metallic yarns. Sample is not large enough for a complete repeat.

Sample (USA), ca. 1949
synthetic, cotton?.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-77

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Plain weave variation in which groups of six warps operate in plain weave with paired wefts and then the next six move up half a step for an alternate pairs of wefts, repeated across width. Warp has two shades of pink boucle alternating. Weft has stripes of chenille in two shades of green, the lighter shade paired with flat metal yarn.

Sample (USA), ca. 1949
synthetic, cotton?.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-76

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

2/2 twill plaid with paired and unpaired warps and paired and unpaired wefts. Warp has stripes of yellow boucle that alternates with yellow three-ply yarn; a stripe of orange two-ply yarn, orange smooth yarn; a stripe of pink two-ply yarn; stripe of metallic gold yarn of grouped warp of flat metallic; double wrapped metallic; single wrapped metallic and yellow ply yarn; same stripe in silver and gray yarn. Weft has bands of yellow, orange, pink chenille paired with red flat metallic, orange smooth year, and paired flat and wrapped metallic gold and silver.

Sample (USA), ca. 1949
cotton, synthetic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-75

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Warp is pink boucle yarn that alternates with pink plied yarn. Weft is a regular sequence of bright yellow yarn, orange chenille and two rows of green yarn.

Sample (USA), ca. 1949
cotton, synthetic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-74

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Plain weave in textured and metallic yarns and woven ribbons. Warp is light blue woven acetate ribbons and textured yarn with metallic silver in two shades of blue. Weft is a pattern sequence of flat green braid, navy boucle yarn with metallic, pink textured yarn with metallic, and very narrow blue yarn with metallic.

Sample (USA), ca. 1949
synthetic, metallic, acetate.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-73

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Symmetrical 2/2 horizontal herringbone twill in shades of blue and purple. Warp is two-ply blue yarns that alternate. Weft is purple chenille that alternates with two-ply purple yarn combined with narrow synthetic blue metallic yarn.

Sample (USA), ca. 1949
synthetic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-72

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Plain weave of black and white boucle with synthetic gold. Warp is black boucle alternating with two-ply black yarn. Weft is textured white and gold yarn alternating with flat gold paired with wrapped gold thread.

Sample (USA), ca. 1949
synthetic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-71

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Plain weave with paired warps and textured yarns. Warp has paired warps of green two-ply yarn and brown two-ply yarn. Weft has a repeating sequence of blue textured yarn, red two-ply yarn, green boucle, and green chenille.

Sample (USA), ca. 1949
synthetic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-70

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Checkerboard pattern of plain weave alternating with gauze weave in beige and tan.

Textile (USA), ca. 1966
cotton, synthetic, metallic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-7

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Plain weave plaid with paired and unpaired warps in shades of blue, gold and metallic gray. Warp is sixteen two-ply blue cotton yarns and eight wrapped metallic yarns alternating across the warp. Weft is a repeating unit of fourteen textured two-ply cotton turquoise yarn, one gray metallic braid, six blue synthetic yarns and one gray metallic braid.

Sample (USA), ca. 1949
synthetic, cotton.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-69

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Twill variation in shades of blue and light purple. Warp has alternate light purple boucle yarns and light blue two-ply yarn. Weft has a band sequence of eight boucle cotton with narrow metallic yarn, three light blue synthetic, five light purple chenille, one metallic braid, three blue boucle with narrow metal yarn, one blue synthetic, one flat braided metallic yarn, three purple chenille, and two blue synthetic. The sequence repeats for a pattern unit. Some bands are 2/2 twill and some are 3/1 twill.

Sample (USA), ca. 1948
synthetic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-68

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Warp is pink boucle yarns. Weft is a wrapped silver foundation that alternates with supplementary weft of gray running over and under six warps.

Sample (USA), ca. 1948
synthetic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-67

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Two rows of single warps alternate with three rows of paired warps in bright colors. Lower sample is accented with metallic yarn. Warp is two-ply cotton in two shades of orange. Weft is yellow chenille, smooth yellow plied yarn and bright pink plied yarn. Lower section has flat and wrapped metal yarns paired with plied yarns.

Sample (USA), ca. 1948
cotton, synthetic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-66

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Woven sample mounted to a cardboard card with notations by the designer. Green with horizontal whales and metallic effects. Warp is paired green bouclé and smooth yarns. Weft is a repeating sequence of green bouclé, wrapped-core copper metallic yarn, green bouclé, braided green yarn and thick plied green yarn.

Sample (USA), ca. 1948
synthetic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-65

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Woven sample mounted to a cardboard card with notations by the designer. Dark ground with narrow horizontal white stripes. Warp is paired two-ply yarn and bouclé yarn in two shades of green. Weft is a repeating sequence of green chenille yarn, blue braided tubing and two strands of white chenille yarn.

Sample (USA), ca. 1948
synthetic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-64

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Warp of smooth two-ply yarn alternating with boucle yarn. Weft is repeating pattern, each unit containing two smooth synthetic yarns, one metal braided over a central core, one chenille, one paired narrow boucle yarns, two chenille, two paired boucle yarns and one woven ball fringe.

Sample (USA), ca. 1948
cotton, synthetic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-63

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Twill weave in muted colors. Warp is stripes of seventeen ends, each green, gray, light brown and light purple boucle. Weft is a repeating pattern sequence of seventeen gray chenille yarns with flat metallic yarns, sixteen brown chenille yarns, nineteen flat metallic with narrow gray ratiné yearns, and fourteen blue chenille yarns.

Sample (USA), ca. 1948
synthetic, cotton.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-62

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Twill weave of mixed cotton and metallic yarns in shades of gray and orange. Warp is three different yarns: boucle, two-ply cotton and two-ply synthetic. Weft is a repeating sequence of gray chenille, flat metallic combined with narrow wrapped metallic yarn, and orange cotton.

Sample (USA), ca. 1948
cotton, synthetic.
Gift of the Estate of Dorothy (Liebes) Morin.
1972-75-61

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.