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1947

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2022

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2025

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Scrapbook, Dorothy Liebes Fabrics Scrapbook

This is a Scrapbook. It was created by Dorothy Liebes Studio. It is dated 1947. Its medium is watercolor, ink, graphite, and color pencil on board. It is a part of the Exhibitions department.


The weaving shuttle became a symbol of Liebes and her studio, as seen in numerous portrait photos and on the covers of these two studio scrapbooks.

It is credited Dorothy Liebes Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 51.8 × 38.7 cm (20 3/8 × 15 1/4 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes.

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