A Dark, a Light, a Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes
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AlbakiReads Editorial Restoring Dorothy Liebes to the story of modern textile design
Restoring Dorothy Liebes to the story of modern textile design
This illustrated study surveys Dorothy Liebes’s work across textiles, interiors, architecture, and fashion, placing her material experimentation and color-driven designs within twentieth-century American design. Essays trace her custom commissions with interior designers and architects, the development of her experimental studio, and her collaborations with fashion designers Clare Potter and Bonnie Cashin. Full-color reproductions address a particular challenge in understanding Liebes’s legacy: earlier black-and-white documentation could not convey the color and texture central to her work. Published with Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, the volume also treats the physical construction of the book as part of its subject, using cloth, silkscreened type, an inset image, and visible colored binding threads.
Good fit for readers who enjoy
- Readers interested in twentieth-century textile and interior design
- Design-history readers exploring overlooked women practitioners
- Artists and makers interested in experimental materials, color, and weaving
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Textile designColor and material experimentationWomen in design historyInteriors and architectureFashion collaboration
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Book Overview The first major publication devoted to weaver and designer Dorothy Liebes, reinstating her as one of the most influential American design...
The first major publication devoted to weaver and designer Dorothy Liebes, reinstating her as one of the most influential American designers of the twentieth century
"With thorough and caring scholarship and curation, A Dark, A Light, A Bright feels like a love letter to the path-forging designer."--Julie Schneider, Hyperallergic
At the time of her death, Dorothy Liebes (1897-1972) was called "the greatest modern weaver and the mother of the twentieth-century palette." As a weaver, she developed a distinctive combination of unusual materials, lavish textures, and brilliant 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. Her legacy also suffered due to the inability of the black-and-white photography of the period to represent her richly colored and textured works.
Extensively researched and illustrated with full-color, accurate reproductions, this important publication examines Liebes's widespread impact on twentieth-century design. Essays explore major milestones of her career, including her close collaborations with major interior designers and architects to create custom textiles, the innovative and experimental 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. Ultimately, this book reinstates Liebes at the pinnacle of modern textile design alongside such recognized figures as Anni Albers and Florence Knoll.
Beautifully designed by Estudio Herrera, the book offers the reader a tactile experience. The real cloth cover with silkscreened typography and inset photograph opens to reveal an exposed spine and colored threads that tie together the page signatures and echo Liebes's own craft.
Published in association with Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Exhibition Schedule:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
(July 7, 2023-February 4, 2024)
"With thorough and caring scholarship and curation, A Dark, A Light, A Bright feels like a love letter to the path-forging designer."--Julie Schneider, Hyperallergic
At the time of her death, Dorothy Liebes (1897-1972) was called "the greatest modern weaver and the mother of the twentieth-century palette." As a weaver, she developed a distinctive combination of unusual materials, lavish textures, and brilliant 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. Her legacy also suffered due to the inability of the black-and-white photography of the period to represent her richly colored and textured works.
Extensively researched and illustrated with full-color, accurate reproductions, this important publication examines Liebes's widespread impact on twentieth-century design. Essays explore major milestones of her career, including her close collaborations with major interior designers and architects to create custom textiles, the innovative and experimental 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. Ultimately, this book reinstates Liebes at the pinnacle of modern textile design alongside such recognized figures as Anni Albers and Florence Knoll.
Beautifully designed by Estudio Herrera, the book offers the reader a tactile experience. The real cloth cover with silkscreened typography and inset photograph opens to reveal an exposed spine and colored threads that tie together the page signatures and echo Liebes's own craft.
Published in association with Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Exhibition Schedule:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
(July 7, 2023-February 4, 2024)
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Pages: 253 | Language: English | Publisher: YALE UNIV PR | ISBN: 0300266154
FormatHardcover
Pages253
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0300266154
EAN9780300266153
PublisherYALE UNIV PR
Publication Date2023-06-27
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeHARD COVER BOOKS
Weight2.36 Pounds
Length10.33 Inches
Width8.3 Inches
Height1.02 Inches
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