Charlotte von Hardenburgh

A curatorial fellow in Cooper Hewitt's Textiles Department, I recently completed my curatorial capstone for the upcoming exhibition and first-ever monographic publication about the American textile designer Dorothy Liebes (1897–1972). My presentation highlights Liebes’ influence across the country and in a swath of disciplines, from textiles to interiors, transportation to industrial design, fashion to film. My research builds on the foundational findings of Cooper Hewitt’s curatorial team, including Alexa Griffith, manager of Content + Curriculum, and Susan Brown, acting head of Textiles. Additional research insights were generously provided by the family of Emma Amos, the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, WGBH’s Open Vault archive, the Transportation Library of Northwestern University, and the invaluable digitized records held at the Archives of American Art. Financial support for this research was provided by the Parsons Student Research Fund.