NEW YORK — The industriousness of one in every of America’s most achieved multidisciplinary designers, Dorothy Liebes, is on full display at a latest exhibition at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum here.
As a textile designer, weaver and color authority, she collaborated with such talents as Bonnie Cashin, Adrian, Frank Lloyd Wright, Raymond Loewy and Samuel Marx from the Nineteen Thirties to the ’60s. Working across sectors, Liebes had a hand in fashion, interiors, costume design, transportation and industrial design, combining vivid colours and interesting textures to assist modernize mid-Twentieth century design.
On view on the Upper East Side museum through Sept. 4, “A Dark, A Light, A Shiny: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes” showcases textiles, fashion, furniture, personal documents and images. Featuring greater...
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