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tions of her patterns are now being put on the market. These are so good that even drapery and upholstery experts cannot tell them from handwoven ones. Everywhere you see an emphasis on utility and easy washability or cleanability." As for the buying public, House Furnishing and Retailing reported, "Record crowds attended Dorothy Wright Liebes' exhibition of weaving in New York at W. & J. Sloane." 
  I breathed more easily. The figures on sales, when they began coming in, confirmed that we were well launched. 
   Further, virtually all the reviews pointed out that the machine-made fabrics now came within the range of a modest budget. This dispelled the gnawing, uncomfortable feeling, long sensed, that my fabrics were only for the rich. It was one of the most gratifying by-products of working in Goodall. 
  There were others.