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Artworks

Sample (Drapery Fabric)
Dorothy Liebes
Rayon, cotton, wool, silk, linen, metal foil laminated in cellulose acetate film, and metal foil laminated in cellulose film, twill weave · 1953
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Casement Material)
Dorothy Liebes
Linen, rayon, metal foil laminated in celllulose acetate film, plain weave · 1953
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Upholstery Fabric)
Dorothy Liebes
Linen, metal foil laminated in polyester film, and metal foil laminated in cellulose acetate film; plain weave · 1953
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Casement Material)
Dorothy Liebes
Linen, rayon, metal foil laminated in celllulose acetate film, plain weave · 1953
Art Institute of Chicago

Secret
Mariska Karasz
Linen, plain weave; embroidered with linen, waxed cotton, cotton, jute, nylon, rayon, cellulose film and synthetic-covered cotton in open Cretan and simple looping stitches; couching · 1952
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Drapery Fabric)
Dorothy Liebes
Cotton, rayon, acetate, metal foil laminated in cellulose acetate film, and silk, plain weave · 1952
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Drapery Fabric)
Dorothy Liebes
Cotton, rayon, wool, acetate and metallic strips encased in synthetic films, twill weave · 1952
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Drapery Fabric)
Dorothy Liebes
Cotton, rayon, silk, metal foil laminated in cellulose acetate film, metal foil laminated in cellulose film, and wool, plain weave · 1952
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Upholstery Fabric)
Dorothy Liebes
Wool, rayon, and metal foil laminated in cellulose acetate film; float weave based on plain weave · 1952
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample
Mary Evans Landis
Linen, wild silk, wool, and polyester film, bands of plain weave, of double-faced complementary weft twill plain weaves with inner warps; warp fringe · 1951
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample
Mary Evans Landis
Silk, wool, acrylic, wild silk, and probably polyethylene film, point twill weave; warp fringe · 1951
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Drapery Fabric)
Dorothy Liebes
Silk, rayon, wool, cotton, and metallic foil encased in synthetic film, twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts · 1951
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Drapery Fabric)
Dorothy Liebes
Cotton, rayon, silk, metal foil laminated in cellulose acetate film, metal foil laminated in cellulose acetate film wound around cotton and rayon corre, metal strip wound around cotton core, metal rods, metal strips, cellulose acetate film with metal coating, glass beads, and cellulose film, weft bands of plain, twill, and broken twill weaves · 1951
Art Institute of Chicago

Sketch
Trude Guermonprez
Cotton, linen, rayon, metallized polyester film, and cellulose film, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary brocading wefts and self-patterning of secondary binding warp floats · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago

Heater Design, Student Project, Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois
Richard Schultz
Gelatin silver print, red plastic film, and ink illustrations on board · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago

Panel (Formerly Used as a Curtain)
Dorothy Liebes
Cotton, silk, rayon and metallic strip encased in synthetic film, weft-float faced twill weave with bands of plain weave · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago

Woven Sample
Marianne Strengell
Cotton, rayon and metallic strip encased in polyester film, plain weave · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Automobile Upholstery Fabric)
Marianne Strengell
Nylon, cotton, rayon and metallic strip encased in polyester film, warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by weft-float face areas of main-warp and ground weft floats · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Automobile Upholstery Fabric)
Mary Hammond Rodman
Nylon, rayon and metallic strip encased in polyester film, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by areas of weft-float faced twill weave · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago

Woven Sample (Automobile Upholstery Fabric)
Mary Hammond Rodman
Nylon, cotton, metallic strip encased in polyester film, tied and free double cloth of plain weave backed by supplementary weft floats and plain weave self-patterned by areas of warp-float faced twill weave · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample
Marianne Strengell
Linen, nylon, cotton, wool, modacrylic metallic strip encased in polyester film, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut and uncut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots;" knotted warp fringe · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Drapery Fabric)
Dorothy Liebes
Cotton, metal foil laminated in cellulose film, cellulose film with golden metallic coating, silk, wool, and metal foil laminated in cellulose acetate film, combined twill weaves · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Drapery Fabric)
Dorothy Liebes
Silk, cotton, rayon, and metal foil laminated in cellulose acetate film, warp-stripe weft band plain weave self-patterned by areas of paired warp · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Drapery Fabric)
Dorothy Liebes
Silk, cotton, and rayon, wool, and metal strips encased in synthetic film, twill weave · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago