"Busy Bye Ways Echo" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1947-1951
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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
1947-1951
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2018.143.30
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Polyester (Fiber)
Color
Purple
Pink (Color)
Cream (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 52.5 in
Width: 35.25 in
Inscriptions
on side of fabric:
H[sic] ADLER DESIGN" FOR ADLER SCHNEE ASSOCIATES "BUSY BYWAYS"
on front of paper tag:
asa / ADLER-SCHNEE ASSOCIATES / CONTEMPORARY HAND PRINTED TEXTILES / RUTH ADLER DESIGNS [...] / FABRIC Natural Sheerlin / DESIGN "BUSY BYE WAYS ECHO" / COLOR Custom / REPEAT 34" / WIDTH 38" / STOCK / PRICE
on back of paper tag:
WHEN ORDERING...specify background fabric, design, placement of colors in design and include color samples with order. Be sure sufficient yardage is ordered as an exact match on reorders cannot be guaranteed. 10 yard minimum on all Custom orders. / Original tag 1951 / SCHNEE & SCHNEE INC. / [...]
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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.