Artworks · Dorothy Liebes

Sample (Window Blind)

1949 · Mounted on cardboard in various fibers, weaves, and colors

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Window Blind)

1949 · Painted wood, metal alloys, various fibers, plain weave; mounted on cardboard

27.9 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Window Blind)

1949 · Wood, metal alloys, various fibers, plain weave; mounted on cardboard

27.9 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Window Blind)

1949 · Mounted on cardboard in various fibers, weaves, and colors

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Window Blind)

1949 · Painted wood, metal alloys, various fibers, plain weave; mounted on cardboard

27.9 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Window Blind)

1949 · Wood, metal alloys, various fibers, plain weave; mounted on cardboard

27.9 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Window Blind)

1949 · Wood, metal alloys, various fibers, plain weave; mounted on cardboard

27.9 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Window Blind)

1949 · Painted wood, metal alloys, various fibers, plain weave; mounted on cardboard

27.9 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Panel (Formerly Window Blind)

1949 · Wood, bamboo, cotton chenille yarns, jute, silk, rayon, metallic strip encased in cellophane film, and metallic strip encased in cellophane film wrapped around a cotton fiber core, warp-stripe, weft rib plain weave; openwork

216 × 122.2 cm (85 × 48 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Upholstery Fabric)

1948 · Cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming uncut voided velvet

23.2 × 22.5 cm (9 1/4 × 8 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dobeckmun Metallic Stripe (Curtain Fabric)

1948 · Wool, cotton, rayon, silk, metal foil laminated in cellulose acetate film, and metallic strip, twill weave

291.8 × 128.5 cm (114 7/8 × 50 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Drapery Fabric)

1948 · Wool, silk, cotton, metal foil laminated in cellulose acetate film, cellulose acetate, and linen; twill weave

19 × 21.6 cm (7 1/2 × 8 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Drapery Fabric)

1948 · Wool and acrylic, twill weave

24.2 × 13.3 cm (9 1/2 × 5 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Drapery Fabric)

1948 · Wool, cotton, rayon, silk, metal foil laminated in cellulose acetate film, and cellulose film, broken twill weave

16.2 × 21.6 cm (6 3/8 × 8 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Drapery Fabric)

1948 · Wool, cotton, rayon, metal, and metal strip encased in synthetic film, plain weave self-patterned by ground weft floats

17.9 × 17.7 cm (7 1/8 × 7 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Upholstery Fabric)

1948 · Rayon, cotton, and metal-strip-wrapped cotton encased in synthetic film, twill weave

17 × 20.6 cm (6 3/4 × 8 1/8 in.) Repeat: .7 × 1.1 cm (1/4 × 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Upholstery Fabric)

1948 · Silk, cotton, and rayon, plain weave

20.3 × 19.3 cm (8 × 7 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Upholstery Fabric)

1948 · Wool, cotton, silk, rayon, and metal strip encased in synthetic film, twill weave

20.6 × 19.4 cm (8 1/4 × 7 5/8 in.) Weft repeat: 4.7 × 4.3 cm (1 7/8 × 1 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Upholstery Fabric)

1948 · Linen, jute, cotton and wool, plain weave

21.6 × 18.8 cm (8 1/2 × 7 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Upholstery Fabric)

1948 · Wool, rayon, silk, metal laminated in cellulose acetate film and silk, cheveron twill weave

19.7 × 17.5 cm (7 3/4 × 6 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Upholstery Fabric)

1948 · Cotton, metal laminated in cellulose acetate film and cotton, and cellulose film, twill weave

17 × 22.6 cm (6 5/8 × 8 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Upholstery Fabric)

1948 · Rayon, wool, metal strip laminated in cellulose acetate film, metal-foil-wrapped cotton, silk, and cotton; twill weave

16.6 × 20 cm (6 1/2 × 7 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Drapery Fabric)

1947 · Wool, rayon, silk, metal strip wrapped cotton, metallic strip encased in synthetic film wrapped cotton and paper and cotton, bands of plain and twill weaves

19.5 × 22.3 cm (7 5/8 × 8 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Drapery Fabric)

1947 · Rayon, wool, cotton and rayon, cotton and metal foil, silk and cotton, cotton and cellulose acetate, polyvinyl chloride, and metal foil laminated in cellulose acetate film, combined twill weaves with bands of plain weave

23.1 × 29.6 cm (9 1/8 × 11 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Drapery Fabric)

1947 · Silk, cotton, rayon, and metal strip encased in synthetic film, bands of twill weave and weft-float faced twill weave

23.9 × 17.6 cm (9 1/2 × 7 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Upholstery Fabric)

1947 · Silk, rayon, cotton, wool, metallized polyester film and metal strip, plain weave of paired warps with occasional shots of weft interlacing single warps in floats

22 × 17.4 cm (8 3/4 × 6 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Upholstery Fabric)

1947 · Wool, silk, viscose-rayon, metal strip laminated in cellulose acetate film and acetate, wool, metal strip laminated in cellulose acetate film, and wool, plain weave

18.5 × 19 cm (7 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Upholstery Fabric)

1947 · Cotton, silk, rayon, and wool, plain weave

19.1 × 16.9 cm (7 1/2 × 6 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Bench Cover Material)

1947 · Cotton, plain weave with paired warps

21 × 15.6 cm (8 1/4 × 6 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Drapery Fabric)

1946 · Cotton, silk, metal strip, and metallic strip encased in synthetic film, twill weave

21.8 × 19 cm (8 5/8 × 7 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Drapery Fabric)

1946 · Cotton, rayon, metal, metal strip encased in synthetic film, cellophane film, and metal beads, plain weave self-patterned by ground weft floats

19 × 26.5 cm (7 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Upholstery Fabric)

1946 · Cotton and silk, cotton/metal strip laminated in cellulose acetate film, and rayon, twill weave

16.8 × 17.4 cm (6 5/8 × 6 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Dual Purpose Cloth-Upholstery or Drapery Fabric)

1946 · Rayon, cellulose acetate, metal foil laminated in cellulose acetate film, silk, plain weave

19.5 × 20.5 cm (7 5/8 × 8 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Dual Purpose Cloth-Upholstery or Drapery)

1946 · Rayon, wool, metal foil laminated in cellulose acetate film, plain weave

16.5 × 17.6 cm (6 1/2 × 7 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Dual Purpose Cloth-Upholstery or Drapery)

1946 · Cotton, rayon, cotton wrapped with metal foil laminated in cellulose acetate film, twill weave

21.6 × 21.3 cm (8 1/2 × 8 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Upholstery textile

1946 · Cotton, rayon, jute, and wool eiderdown

9 x 7" (22.9 x 17.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Drapery fabric

1946 · Wool and rayon

37 x 25" (94 x 63.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sample Blanket Showing Three Weaves

1946 · Eiderdown, wool, rayon, and lurex

26 x 16 1/2" (66 x 41.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Upholstery textile

1946 · Cotton and chenille

41 1/2 x 47 1/2" (105.4 x 120.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Wall textile

1946 · Jute and wool

7 x 5 1/4" (17.8 x 13.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mexican plaid woven textile

1940 · Wool, chenille, silk, cotton, and metal foil laminate

50 1/2 x 55" (128.3 x 139.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sample (Upholstery Fabric)

1938 · Cotton, twill weave

19.7 × 20.6 cm (7 3/4 × 8 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Upholstery textile

1930 · Waxy silk

24 x 20" (61 x 50.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fragment

1928 · Linen, cotton, silk, cotton chenille yarns and wool bouclé yarns, plain weave

76.8 × 74.7 cm (30 1/4 × 29 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago