"Bingo" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1955
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Artifact Overview
Trained as an interior 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 and this ad hoc textile she designed drew attention. She promptly taught herself to screen print and began to sell her own designs.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Swatch
Date Made
1955
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2018.143.28
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Linen (Material)
Color
Tan (Color)
Cerise (Color)
Cream (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 25.75 in
Width: 35.5 in
Inscriptions
on paper tag:
SCHNEE & SCHNEE / INTERIOR SPACE COLOR PLANNING / RUTH ADLER SCHNEE / [...] / FABRIC Angelstripe / DESIGN "BINGO" / COLOR Custom - tan +burgandy / REPEAT 30" / WIDTH 50"
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SetRuth Adler Schnee's Textiles
- 38 Artifacts
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.