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text-shadow h2-display">See how Liebes’s light-catching fabrics were used in fashion and film. </div> </div> </div> </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/category/the-idea-factory/" class="home-carousel__item carousel-item opacity-link col-10 col-md-5 h-100"> <div class="home-carousel__item__card card h-100" style="background-image: url(https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/Getty1222278_DLstudio-1-e1683910549844.png);"> <div class="position-relative"> <div class="card__top-gradient"></div> <div class="position-relative"> <div class="mb-3 theme-foreground-color text-shadow tiny-title">The Idea Factory</div> <div class="home-carousel__item__card-title text-uppercase theme-foreground-color text-shadow h2-display">Take a deep dive into Liebes’s use of color, texture, glitter, and materials.</div> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> </main> <div id="overview-layer" class="overview-layer" style="visibility: hidden;" tabindex="-1"> <div class="site-container page-content"> <div class="container-fluid"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8 order-1 order-md-0"> <h1 class="jumbo text-uppercase mb-3">A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes</h1> <div class="default-styles medium-body-text mb-8"> <p>Designer and weaver Dorothy Liebes (1897–1972), who introduced handcraft and brilliant color to the modern interior, was among the most influential designers of the 20th century. This digital platform explores how the “<a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/overview/?category=3#all-pages">Liebes Look</a>”—which combined vivid color, lush texture, and often a glint of metallic—became inextricably linked with the American modern aesthetic. Choose a topic to explore her impact on mid-20th-century <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/overview/?category=8#all-pages">interiors</a>, <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/overview/?category=6#all-pages">fashion</a>, <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/overview/?category=6#all-pages">film</a>, and <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/overview/?category=5#all-pages">industrial design</a>, and meet some of the <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/overview/?category=7#all-pages">studio weavers</a> who contributed to the success of the Dorothy Liebes Studio.</p> </div> <div id="post-journey-items-wrapper" class="row"> <div id="post-journey-items" class="col" data-ajax-link="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=sandbox_get_journey"> <div style="min-height: 191px;"> <h2 class="h2-display text-uppercase">Your journey so 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href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/unusual-occupations/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="879" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/08/Getty1222270_DL-studio-1000x747.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/08/Getty1222270_DL-studio.png"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p><em>Unusual Occupations</em></p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Dorothy Liebes, Video </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/designer/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="266" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/liebesatloom-1-e1683909332307-810x1000.jpg" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/liebesatloom-1-e1683909332307.jpg"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>About the Designer</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Dorothy Liebes, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/arts-skills/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="749" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/Screen-Shot-2023-07-12-at-12.38.51-PM-1000x809.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/Screen-Shot-2023-07-12-at-12.38.51-PM.png" data-caption="<p>Dorothy Liebes Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution</p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Arts & Skills</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Dorothy Liebes, Video </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/485-2/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="485" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/AAA-AAA_liebdoro_59669-e1688478006981-702x1000.jpeg" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/AAA-AAA_liebdoro_59669-e1688478177986.jpeg"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Get to Know Dorothy Liebes</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Dorothy Liebes, Video </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/the-mother-of-modern-weaving/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="882" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/Getty1222274_DL-at-loom-738x1000.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/Getty1222274_DL-at-loom.png"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>The “Mother of Modern Weaving”</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Dorothy Liebes, Video </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/timeline/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="95" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/04/DL-Portrait-757x1000.jpg" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/04/DL-Portrait-scaled.jpg"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Timeline</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Dorothy Liebes, Timeline </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/category/the-liebes-look/" class="col-12 category-grid-item-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="3" data-journey-trackable-type="category"> <div class="category-grid-item-link__inner position-relative"> <div class="category-grid-item__name-wrapper d-flex flex-column align-items-center justify-content-center text-center p-3"> <div class="category-grid-item__name h2-display text-uppercase pt-2">The Liebes Look</div> </div> </div> <div class="medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title></div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/argonaut/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="552" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/fig-3.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/fig-3.png" data-caption="<p><strong> Fig. 3</strong> Interior of the Theatre for the Performing Arts, United States Pavilion, Brussels World’s Fair, 1958; Photographer unknown; Dorothy Liebes Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC</p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Argonaut</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> The Liebes Look, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/lurex/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="567" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/fig-1-718x1000.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/fig-1.png" data-caption="<p><strong>Fig. 1</strong> Advertisement, “The Thread of the Story is Lurex: Accessories to the Time,” 1954; Dorothy Liebes Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution </p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Lurex</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> The Liebes Look, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/pretty-penny/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="90" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/3_Griffith_fig-17-1-e1683831383122-1000x756.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/3_Griffith_fig-17-1-e1683831383122.png" data-caption="<p><strong> Fig. 2</strong> Boardroom of City National Bank, Houston, Texas, 1947; Interior design by Brochsteins Inc. and Helene Sprong; Drapery panels (seen against the walls) designed by Dorothy Liebes; Photograph by Elwood M. Payne; Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas; Elwood M. Payne, New York &amp; Houston </p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Pretty Penny</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> The Liebes Look, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/ss-_independence_-and-ss-_constitution_/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="525" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/Erin_Dowding_6.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/Erin_Dowding_6.png" data-caption="<p><strong> Fig. 6</strong> First-class state cabins featuring a polarized porthole, upholstery by Dorothy Liebes, and sliding curtains created by the Liebes studio; Henry Dreyfuss Archive, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum</p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>SS <em>Independence</em> & SS <em>Constitution</em></p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> The Liebes Look, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/ss-santa-rosa-and-ss-santa-paula/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="358" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/AAA-AAA_liebdoro_3344699-edit-1-e1688655530911-888x1000.jpg" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/AAA-AAA_liebdoro_3344699-edit-1-e1688655530911.jpg" data-caption="<p><strong> Fig. 2</strong> Curtains by Dorothy Liebes, 1958; the one on the far left is the SS _Santa Rosa_ drapery. Dorothy Liebes Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC </p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>SS <em>Santa Rosa</em> & SS <em>Santa Paula</em></p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> The Liebes Look, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/ss-united-states/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="68" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/fig-1-1-e1683820281622-1000x694.jpg" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/fig-1-1-e1683820281622.jpg" data-caption="<p><strong> Fig. 1</strong> SS _United States_ First Class Observation Lounge, Smyth, Urqhart &amp; Marckwald, interior designers, drapery and upholstery by Dorothy Liebes, 1952; Dorothy Liebes Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC </p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>SS <em>United States</em></p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> The Liebes Look, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/the-marco-polo-club/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="73" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/fig-4-1-e1687857908310-1000x875.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/fig-4-1-e1687857908310.png" data-caption="<p><strong> Fig. 4</strong> Marco Polo Club dining room, Donald Deskey Associates, 1960; Donald Deskey Archive, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of Donald Deskey, 1975-11-77 </p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>The Marco Polo Club</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> The Liebes Look, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/the-persian-room/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="57" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/fig-2-e1683818327407-764x1000.jpg" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/fig-2-e1683818327407.jpg" data-caption="<p><strong> Fig. 2</strong> Persian Room at the Plaza Hotel, New York City, 1950; Interior design by Henry Dreyfuss (American, 1904–1972); Drapes laced with tiny electric lightbulbs and woven blinds designed by Dorothy Liebes; Henry Dreyfuss Archive, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 1972-88-1; Image © Smithsonian Institution </p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>The Persian Room</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> The Liebes Look, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/toss-pillows-and-tv-cushions/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="349" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/fig-6-e1686854471750.jpg" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/fig-6-e1686854471750.jpg" data-caption="<p><strong> Fig. 6</strong> Color advertisement for Pillows by Bloomcraft, Chicago Tribune Magazine, October 25, 1964 </p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Toss Pillows and TV Cushions</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> The Liebes Look, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/united-nations-delegates-dining-room/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="105" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/DE-Fig1-1000x780.jpg" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/DE-Fig1.jpg" data-caption="<p><strong> Fig. 1</strong> United Nations Delegates Dining Room, New York City, 1952; Moveable screens (shown in expanded position) designed by Dorothy Liebes; United Nations Photo Library; UN Photo / MB </p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>United Nations Delegates Dining Room</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> The Liebes Look, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/category/the-modern-interior/" class="col-12 category-grid-item-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="8" data-journey-trackable-type="category"> <div class="category-grid-item-link__inner position-relative"> <div class="category-grid-item__name-wrapper d-flex flex-column align-items-center justify-content-center text-center p-3"> <div class="category-grid-item__name h2-display text-uppercase pt-2">The Modern Interior</div> </div> </div> <div class="medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title></div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/shangri-la/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="397" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/von-hardenburgh-liebes-shangri-la-2023-846x1000.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/von-hardenburgh-liebes-shangri-la-2023.png" data-caption="<p><strong> Fig. 1D</strong> Interior image of Doris Duke’s Shangri La, completed 1937; Architect: Marion Sims Wyeth (American, 1889–1982); Interior design by Florence Hayward (American, active 1930s–1950s); Drapes, portières, and upholstery designed by Dorothy Liebes; Photographs taken by the author, December 2021</p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Doris Duke’s Shangri La</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> The Modern Interior, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/frank-lloyd-wright/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="611" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/fig-5.jpg" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/fig-5.jpg" data-caption="<p><strong> Fig. 7</strong> Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian Exhibition House, New York City, 1953; ESTO </p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Frank Lloyd Wright</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> The Modern Interior, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/samuel-a-marx/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="585" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/Marx3.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/Marx3.png" data-caption="<p><strong> Fig. 3</strong> Samuel and Florene Marx Living Room, Chicago, Illinois, 1941; Architect: Samuel A. Marx (American, 1885–1964); Drapes and upholstery designed by Dorothy Liebes; Photograph by Hedrich-Blessing Photographers; Condé Nast Archive </p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Samuel A. Marx</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> The Modern Interior, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/the-decorative-arts-display-at-the-golden-gate-international-exposition/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="596" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/Fig-5-1-e1688759759596.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/Fig-5-1-e1688759759596.png" data-caption="<p><strong> Fig. 5</strong> Dorothy Liebes and unidentified woman in the textile exhibition at the Decorative Arts Display of the Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1939; Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley </p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>The Decorative Arts Display at the Golden Gate International Exposition</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> The Modern Interior, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/the-royal-hawaiian-hotel-ss-_lurline_/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="697" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-17-at-4.47.23-PM-e1689629163719-985x1000.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-17-at-4.47.23-PM-e1689629163719.png"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>The Royal Hawaiian Hotel & SS <em>Lurline</em></p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> The Modern Interior, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/william-pahlmann/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="591" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/Screen-Shot-2023-05-12-at-9.50.36-AM-e1688754897503-1000x987.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/Screen-Shot-2023-05-12-at-9.50.36-AM-e1688754897503.png"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>William Pahlmann</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> The Modern Interior, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/category/studio/" class="col-12 category-grid-item-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="7" data-journey-trackable-type="category"> <div class="category-grid-item-link__inner position-relative"> <div class="category-grid-item__name-wrapper d-flex flex-column align-items-center justify-content-center text-center p-3"> <div class="category-grid-item__name h2-display text-uppercase pt-2">Studio Weavers</div> </div> </div> <div class="medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title></div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/anna-kang/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="980" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/10/von-hardenburgh-liebes-anna-kang-burgess-1000x748.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/10/von-hardenburgh-liebes-anna-kang-burgess.png"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Anna Kang</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Studio Weavers, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/balbir-kaur/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="978" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/10/Screen-Shot-2023-10-29-at-9.51.29-PM-e1698630861835.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/10/Screen-Shot-2023-10-29-at-9.51.29-PM-e1698630861835.png"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Balbir Kaur</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Studio Weavers, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/daren-pierce/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="923" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/08/Kennedy-Daren-Pierce-Fig.-2-Liebes-2023-1-1000x712.jpeg" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/08/Kennedy-Daren-Pierce-Fig.-2-Liebes-2023-1-e1692104688242.jpeg"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Daren Pierce</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Studio Weavers, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/dorr-bothwell/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="505" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-05-at-6.37.21-AM.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-05-at-6.37.21-AM.png"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Dorr Bothwell</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Studio Weavers, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/emma-amos-the-art-craft-design-connection/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="458" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/IMG_2042-985x1000.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/IMG_2042.png"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Emma Amos</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Studio Weavers, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/geraldine-funk/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="982" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-12-07-at-4.59.38 PM.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-12-07-at-4.59.38 PM.png"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Geraldine Funk</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Studio Weavers, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/glen-kaufman/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="108" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/GKaufman-ACC-e1688751687470.jpg" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/GKaufman-ACC-e1688751687470.jpg" data-caption="<p><strong> Fig. 1</strong> Glen Kaufman at the loom, circa 1961; Courtesy American Craft Council Library and Archives </p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Glen Kaufman</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Studio Weavers, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/harry-soviak/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="583" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/Harry-Soviak-Peter-Meltzer-1978-1979-crop.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/Harry-Soviak-Peter-Meltzer-1978-1979-crop.png"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Harry Soviak</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Studio Weavers, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/kamma-zethraus/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="908" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/08/Dowding_1-1-e1692103523382.jpg" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/08/Dowding_1-1-e1692103523382.jpg"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Kamma Zethraus</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Studio Weavers, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/louise-and-vanita-fong/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="956" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/10/Warren-Liebes-Fong-1000x801.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/10/Warren-Liebes-Fong.png"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Louise and Vanita Fong</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Studio Weavers, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/mary-walker-phillips/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="64" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/fig-1-e1688751521495.jpg" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/fig-1-e1688751521495.jpg" data-caption="<p><strong> Fig. 1</strong> Mary Walker Phillips sitting at her loom weaving in her studio, Fresno, California, 1955; Courtesy Friends of Fiber Art International Artist Files, American Craft Council </p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Mary Walker Phillips</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Studio Weavers, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/nancy-kenealy/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="1023" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/12/Screenshot-2023-12-07-at-4.36.25 PM.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/12/Screenshot-2023-12-07-at-4.36.25 PM.png"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Nancy Kenealy</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Studio Weavers, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/ralph-higbee/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="519" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-05-at-6.57.05-AM-1000x737.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-05-at-6.57.05-AM.png"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Ralph Higbee</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Studio Weavers, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/tammis-keefe/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="720" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-18-at-1.09.35-AM-979x1000.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-18-at-1.09.35-AM.png"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Tammis Keefe</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Studio Weavers, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/the-gift-of-daren-pierce-to-the-smithsonian/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="274" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/Kennedy-Gift-1982-79-17-12-Liebes-2023-651x1000.jpeg" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/Kennedy-Gift-1982-79-17-12-Liebes-2023.jpeg" data-caption="<p>Design for a Carpet, circa 1928; Designed by E. McKnight Kauffer (American, 1890–1954); Brush and watercolor, gouache on photostat; Gift of Daren Pierce, 1982-79-17-12</p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>The Gift of Daren Pierce to the Smithsonian</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Studio Weavers, Image Story </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/category/better-better/" class="col-12 category-grid-item-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="5" data-journey-trackable-type="category"> <div class="category-grid-item-link__inner position-relative"> <div class="category-grid-item__name-wrapper d-flex flex-column align-items-center justify-content-center text-center p-3"> <div class="category-grid-item__name h2-display text-uppercase pt-2">Better & Better for Less & Less</div> </div> </div> <div class="medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title></div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/kashmir-for-pomona-tile/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="98" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/IL2021.27.16-1-1-scaled-e1683840144411-1000x959.jpg" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/IL2021.27.16-1-1-scaled-e1683840144411.jpg"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>“Kashmir” for Pomona Tile</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Better & Better for Less & Less, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/american-airlines/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="417" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/AA-Liebes-1-995x1000.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/AA-Liebes-1.png"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>American Airlines</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Better & Better for Less & Less, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/bigelow-sanford-custom-carpets/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="625" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/03/Screen-Shot-2022-03-10-at-7.22.45-PM.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/03/Screen-Shot-2022-03-10-at-7.22.45-PM.png"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Bigelow-Sanford Custom Carpets</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Better & Better for Less & Less, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/carol-stanley/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="330" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/DE-Carol-Stanley-fig-1-750x1000.jpeg" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/DE-Carol-Stanley-fig-1.jpeg" data-caption="<p><strong> Fig. 1</strong> Model in the Dorothy Liebes Studio in front of Liebes’s Ram’s Head loom, seated on a Liebes cushion and wearing a Dorothy Liebes for Carol Stanley woven shawl, as photographed for Carol Stanley, 1948; Dorothy Liebes Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC </p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Carol Stanley</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Better & Better for Less & Less, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/chrysler-plymouth-fury/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="111" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/Penick_6B.jpg" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/Penick_6B.jpg" data-caption="<p><strong> Fig. 1</strong> Chrysler Plymouth Fury, 1957; Chrysler Archives </p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Chrysler Plymouth Fury</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Better & Better for Less & Less, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/dupont-pavilion/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="336" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/MAD-1973_2_11-789x1000.jpg" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/MAD-1973_2_11-scaled.jpg" data-caption="<p><strong> Fig. 1</strong> Prototype curtain for Blue Theater, DuPont Pavilion, New York World’s Fair, 1964; DuPont Orlon and Fairtex metallic yarn; Museum of Arts &amp; Design, Gift of Dorothy Liebes Design through the American Craft Council, 1973.2.11 </p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>DuPont Pavilion</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Better & Better for Less & Less, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/goodall/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="740" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-18-at-1.41.30-AM-907x1000.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-18-at-1.41.30-AM.png"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Goodall Fabrics</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Better & Better for Less & Less, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/kenwood-blankets/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="81" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/Screen-Shot-2023-06-27-at-1.03.55-AM-988x1000.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/Screen-Shot-2023-06-27-at-1.03.55-AM.png" data-caption="<p><strong>Fig. 1</strong> Dorothy Liebes, Design for a Blanket, 1952; Graphite and gouache collage on paper; Dorothy Liebes Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC </p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Kenwood Blankets</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Better & Better for Less & Less, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/united-wallpaper/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="733" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-18-at-1.26.16-AM-1000x958.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-18-at-1.26.16-AM.png"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>United Wallpaper</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Better & Better for Less & Less, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/category/fashion/" class="col-12 category-grid-item-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="6" data-journey-trackable-type="category"> <div class="category-grid-item-link__inner position-relative"> <div class="category-grid-item__name-wrapper d-flex flex-column align-items-center justify-content-center text-center p-3"> <div class="category-grid-item__name h2-display text-uppercase pt-2">Fashion & Film</div> </div> </div> <div class="medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title></div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/_adams-rib_/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="905" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/08/Sauer-Adams-Rib-Fig.-1-Liebes-2023-1-e1692106151925-1000x805.jpg" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/08/Sauer-Adams-Rib-Fig.-1-Liebes-2023-1-e1692106151925.jpg"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p><em>Adam’s Rib</em></p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Fashion & Film, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/_east-side-west-side_/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="500" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/Fig-4-East-Side-West-Side-1000x938.jpg" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/Fig-4-East-Side-West-Side-scaled.jpg" data-caption="<p><strong> Fig. 4</strong> Interior entrance of the Del Rio nightclub in East Side, West Side, 1949; Directed by Mervyn LeRoy (American, 1900–1987); Art Direction by Randall Duell (American, 1903–1992) and Cedric Gibbons (American, 1890–1960); Set decoration by Edwin B. Willis (American, 1893–1963); Textiles designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes (American, 1897–1972); Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Beverly Hills, California, USA); Via Prime Video </p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p><em>East Side, West Side</em></p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Fashion & Film, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/_souvenir-de-paris_/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="884" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/08/Fig.-1B-952x1000.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/08/Fig.-1B.png" data-caption="<p><strong> Fig. 1B</strong> Portrait by Louise Dahl-Wolfe of Dorothy Liebes with Schiaparelli, or Panel for a Couturière, circa 1938; Dorothy Liebes Papers, Archives of American Art; Smithsonian Institution; © Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents </p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p><em>Souvenir de Paris</em></p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Fashion & Film, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/bonnie-cashins-skirtings-inc/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="449" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/fig-1-4-e1688750845197-737x1000.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/fig-1-4-e1688750845197.png" data-caption="<p><strong> Fig. 1</strong> Bonnie Cashin skirt made of Liebes fabric from &#8220;Fashion: New Ideas about in-for-the-Evening Clothes,&#8221; _Vogue_, December 1, 1956, p. 143</p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Bonnie Cashin’s Skirtings Inc.</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Fashion & Film, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/clare-potter/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="441" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/6_Wishner_fig-10_FPO-1-e1688052093742.jpg" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/6_Wishner_fig-10_FPO-1-e1688052093742.jpg" data-caption="<p>Fig. 4 Cover, House &amp; Garden, February 1950, featuring hostess apron by Clare Potter (American, 1903–1995) with Daren Pierce (American, 1923–1984); Layout by Herbert Matter (Swiss-American, 1907–1984); Condé Nast Archive </p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Clare Potter</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Fashion & Film, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/adrian/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="426" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/Screen-Shot-2023-07-07-at-6.19.50-PM-726x1000.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/Screen-Shot-2023-07-07-at-6.19.50-PM.png" data-caption="<p><strong> Fig. 4</strong> Dorothy Liebes in an Adrian jacket, 1945; Photograph by Yousuf Karsh (Armenian-Canadian, 1908–2002); Associated Press; Dorothy Liebes Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution</p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Gilbert Adrian</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Fashion & Film, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/the-jewelry-of-dorothy-liebes/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="897" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/08/Randall-Jewelry-Fig.-1-Liebes-2023-e1692098360807-823x1000.jpg" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/08/Randall-Jewelry-Fig.-1-Liebes-2023-e1692098360807.jpg" data-caption="<p><strong> Fig. 1</strong> Dorothy Liebes photographed by George Platt Lynes, n.d.; Dorothy Liebes Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC </p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>The Personal Jewelry Collection of Dorothy Liebes</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> Fashion & Film, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/category/the-idea-factory/" class="col-12 category-grid-item-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="9" data-journey-trackable-type="category"> <div class="category-grid-item-link__inner position-relative"> <div class="category-grid-item__name-wrapper d-flex flex-column align-items-center justify-content-center text-center p-3"> <div class="category-grid-item__name h2-display text-uppercase pt-2">The Idea Factory</div> </div> </div> <div class="medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title></div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/color/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="115" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/1972-75-1-Matt-Flynn-1-scaled-e1683903413873-682x1000.jpg" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/1972-75-1-Matt-Flynn-1-scaled-e1683903413873.jpg"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Color</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> The Idea Factory, Object Group </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/glitter-2/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="1070" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/01/08EA21CC54042_03-750x1000.jpg" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/01/08EA21CC54042_03-scaled.jpg"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Glitter</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> The Idea Factory, Object Group </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/materials/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="231" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/D36F31BA952F2_02-1-e1683908945786-1000x986.png" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/D36F31BA952F2_02-1-e1683908945786.png"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Materials</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> The Idea Factory, Object Group </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/conservation-analysis/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="386" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/Fig-4-1-1000x750.jpg" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/Fig-4-1.jpg" data-caption="<p><strong> Fig. 4</strong> Pink weft fibers seen under crossed polars with first-order Red/530nm analyzer plate at 20x magnification; Photo: Cooper Hewitt Textile Conservation </p>"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Synthetic Material Identification in Dorothy Liebes Samples at Cooper Hewitt</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> The Idea Factory, Essay </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/texture/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="201" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/1972-75-63-Matt-Flynn-3-1000x943.jpg" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/05/1972-75-63-Matt-Flynn-3.jpg"></div> <h3 class="post-grid-item__title medium-title theme-foreground-color text-shadow mt-2" data-journey-trackable-title><p>Texture</p> </h3> <div class="post-grid-item__labels tiny-title" style="margin-top: 2px;"> The Idea Factory, Object Group </div> </a> <a href="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/two-liebes-looms/" class="col-6 col-md-4 col-xl-3 opacity-link mb-6" data-journey-trackable-id="342" data-journey-trackable-type="post"> <div class="background-image landscape-image-tall background-image lazy-image lazyload" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==);" data-bg="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/fig-2-e1687841749248-1000x764.jpg" data-src-full="https://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/dorothy-liebes/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/fig-2-e1687841749248.jpg" data-caption="<p><strong> Fig. 2</strong> Dorothy Liebes with her Ram’s Head loom, ca. 1930; 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