"Central Park South" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1953
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Artifact Overview
Trained as an architect, Ruth Adler Schnee began her pioneering foray into textile design with an entry into the Chicago Tribune's "Better Rooms for Better Living" interior design competition. Unable to locate suitable fabrics, she designed her own. She promptly taught herself to screen print and began to sell her own designs. This design in particular has an architectural quality, referencing her architectural education.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Swatch
Date Made
1953
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2018.143.5
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Rayon
Color
White (Color)
Colorless
Dimensions
Height: 50.5 in
Width: 53 in
Inscriptions
on paper tag:
CENTRAL PARK SOUTH / SCHNEE & SCHNEE / INTERIOR SPACE COLOR PLANNING / RUTH ADLER SCHNEE / RESIST DYE / [...]
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SetRuth Adler Schnee's Textiles
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Pioneering modern designer Ruth Adler Schnee’s bold textiles have broad appeal. Her furnishing and drapery fabrics were favorites of the everyday consumer and leading architects alike, including Minoru Yamasaki, Paul Rudolph, and Buckminster Fuller. Adler Schnee’s textiles, which feature vivid color and abstracted organic forms, added whimsy and depth to the sleek, minimal aesthetic popular in the mid-century period.