Research Catalog

Title

A dark, a light, a bright : the designs of Dorothy Liebes / Susan Brown and Alexa Griffith Winton.

Author

Brown, Susan, 1965-

Publication

• New York, NY : Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, [2023]
• New Haven ; London : Yale University Press
• ©2023

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Liebes, Dorothy
• Winton, Alexa Griffith
• Cooper-Hewitt Museum. host institution.

Description

253 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 26 cm

Summary

As a weaver, Dorothy Liebes developed a combination of materials, textures, and colors that came to be known as the "Liebes Look." Yet despite her prolific career and recognition during her lifetime, Liebes is today considerably less well known than the men with whom she often collaborated, including Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Dreyfuss, and Edward Durrell Stone. This publication examines Liebes's impact on twentieth-century design. Essays explore milestones of her career, including her collaborations with interior designers and architects to create custom textiles, the design studio where she explored new and unusual materials, her use of fabrics to enhance interior lighting, and her collaborations with fashion designers, including Clare Potter and Bonnie Cashin.

Alternative Title

Designs of Dorothy Liebes

Subject

• Liebes, Dorothy > Exhibitions
• Liebes, Dorothy
• Fiberwork > Exhibitions
• Women textile designers > United States > Exhibitions
• Textile designers > United States > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same title, organized by Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, July 7, 2023-February 4, 2024.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-242) and index.

Contents

Chapter I. Curtain walls : Dorothy Liebes and the modern American interior / John Stuart Gordon -- Color -- Chapter II. Vibrance and luminosity : textiles designed for light / Alexa Griffith Winton -- Chapter III. The idea factory / Susan Brown -- Texture -- Chapter IV. Modern weaving's global ambassador / Emily M. Orr -- Chapter V. Modern fashion's secret weapon / Leigh Wishner -- Glitter -- Chapter VI. The Liebes look : better and better for less and less / Monica Penick -- Chapter VII. Fission : design and mentorship in the Dorothy Liebes studio / Erica Warren -- Materials -- Chronology.

Call Number

JQF 24-28

ISBN

• 9780300266153
• 0300266154

LCCN

2022950304

OCLC

1346536164

Author

Brown, Susan, 1965- author.

Title

A dark, a light, a bright : the designs of Dorothy Liebes / Susan Brown and Alexa Griffith Winton.

Publisher

New York, NY : Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, [2023]

Distributor

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press

Copyright Date

©2023

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-242) and index.

Added Author

Liebes, Dorothy, artist, designer.

Winton, Alexa Griffith, author.

Cooper-Hewitt Museum. host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 24-28