 Most of us think of hand weaving as a domestic art, but from this San Francisco studio emerged textiles unexcelled anywhere in the world. For her creations Dorothy Liebes is rated tops in her unusual occupation as the designer of new textile patterns. With a brilliant palette of yarns she first matches the colors. Then at their looms, experts interpret the sketches in luxurious drapery and upholster. Her new fabric is given a trial weave for the studio experiments constantly with new materials. Plastic thread, raw silk, fiberglass yarn, almost anything. Quickly a new textile comes into being, typically brilliant in color. If the test weave is satisfactory, skeins of different yarns are combined on a warping drum, then placed in creels ready for weaving. Many fabrics are later adapted for large scale production in half a dozen leading mills. Other Liebes textiles, shimmering with ribbons of real gold or silver, are destined for palatial homes, clubs, hotels and steamships. New as are these colorful materials, their fabrication method is age old. Shuttles fly back and forth creating fine fabrics. Weaves with thick blue fringes are popular for drapery. Tying in the yarn for this diagonal pattern is very exacting work. Every weaver in the studio is a highly skilled artist, for the product of her loom must be the exact counterpart of the sample weave and the original design sketch, however intricate. This beautifully ornamented loom, a very unusual fabric is being woven, comprising gold ribbon and bamboo reeds. An exotic creation indeed, with such products Dorothy Liebes has broadened textile horizons as no one before. Shimmer looms come an amazing variety of materials. Here a costly textile is being woven on double warped, a job that very few would attempt. Many ingenious weaving techniques are used in such diverse products as plastic coated fabrics and automobile upholstery, but these talented and attractive artists take all such assignments in stride. The distinctive personality of the studio's products, with their dramatic combinations of color and materials, is evident in this display. This a new and colorful decorating trend is being established by the unusual occupation of Dorothy Liebes, master weaver.