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- "Swizzles" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1949 - Known for her organic inspiration and love of bold colors, pioneering textile artist Ruth Adler Schnee describes a complete design is one that really "sings." Her furnishing and drapery fabrics were favorites of everyday consumers and leading modern architects alike, including Minoru Yamasaki, Paul Rudolph, and Buckminster Fuller. Adler Schnee's designs are truly timeless -- many of them are still being manufactured today.
- 1949
- Collections - Artifact
"Swizzles" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1949
Known for her organic inspiration and love of bold colors, pioneering textile artist Ruth Adler Schnee describes a complete design is one that really "sings." Her furnishing and drapery fabrics were favorites of everyday consumers and leading modern architects alike, including Minoru Yamasaki, Paul Rudolph, and Buckminster Fuller. Adler Schnee's designs are truly timeless -- many of them are still being manufactured today.
- "Nosegay" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1950 - Trained as an interior architect, Ruth Adler Schnee began her pioneering foray into textile design with an entry into the <em>Chicago Tribune</em>'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.
- 1950
- Collections - Artifact
"Nosegay" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1950
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.
- "Lamplights" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1955 - Trained as an interior architect, Ruth Adler Schnee began her pioneering foray into textile design with an entry into the <em>Chicago Tribune</em>'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.
- 1955
- Collections - Artifact
"Lamplights" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1955
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.
- "Plaid" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1956 - Known for her organic inspiration and love of bold colors, pioneering textile artist Ruth Adler Schnee describes a complete design is one that really "sings." Her furnishing and drapery fabrics were favorites of everyday consumers and leading modern architects alike, including Minoru Yamasaki, Paul Rudolph, and Buckminster Fuller. Adler Schnee's designs are truly timeless -- many of them are still being manufactured today.
- 1956
- Collections - Artifact
"Plaid" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1956
Known for her organic inspiration and love of bold colors, pioneering textile artist Ruth Adler Schnee describes a complete design is one that really "sings." Her furnishing and drapery fabrics were favorites of everyday consumers and leading modern architects alike, including Minoru Yamasaki, Paul Rudolph, and Buckminster Fuller. Adler Schnee's designs are truly timeless -- many of them are still being manufactured today.
- "Wireworks" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1950 - Pioneering designer Ruth Adler Schnee was trained in architecture and first began designing textiles when her architectural projects demanded more modern designs than were available on the market. This need launched her career in textile design. Both natural and man-made environments inspire her work. This textile was inspired by the fireplace tools she encountered during a trip to the studio of renowned sculptor Alexander Calder.
- 1950
- Collections - Artifact
"Wireworks" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1950
Pioneering designer Ruth Adler Schnee was trained in architecture and first began designing textiles when her architectural projects demanded more modern designs than were available on the market. This need launched her career in textile design. Both natural and man-made environments inspire her work. This textile was inspired by the fireplace tools she encountered during a trip to the studio of renowned sculptor Alexander Calder.
- "Cables" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1958 - A garden in need of weeding. Snowflakes under a microscope. A messy sewing table. Designer Ruth Adler Schnee took inspiration from the world around her, both the fantastic and the mundane. This textile, which portrays cables like those used for transmitting information through electricity, was designed 100 years after the first transatlantic telegraph cable was laid in 1858.
- 1958
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"Cables" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1958
A garden in need of weeding. Snowflakes under a microscope. A messy sewing table. Designer Ruth Adler Schnee took inspiration from the world around her, both the fantastic and the mundane. This textile, which portrays cables like those used for transmitting information through electricity, was designed 100 years after the first transatlantic telegraph cable was laid in 1858.
- "Nosegay" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1950 - Trained as an interior architect, Ruth Adler Schnee began her pioneering foray into textile design with an entry into the <em>Chicago Tribune</em>'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.
- 1950
- Collections - Artifact
"Nosegay" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1950
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.
- "Nosegay" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1950 - Trained as an interior architect, Ruth Adler Schnee began her pioneering foray into textile design with an entry into the <em>Chicago Tribune</em>'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.
- 1950
- Collections - Artifact
"Nosegay" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1950
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.
- "Pebbles" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1949 - Pebbles, smoothed by the continuous flow of water over a riverbed, inspired this textile design. Ruth Adler Schnee, a multi-talented interior architect and designer, drew inspiration for her designs from both natural and man-made environments. Known for her bold use of color and abstract patterns, she became one of the pioneering Modernist textile designers of the twentieth century.
- 1949
- Collections - Artifact
"Pebbles" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1949
Pebbles, smoothed by the continuous flow of water over a riverbed, inspired this textile design. Ruth Adler Schnee, a multi-talented interior architect and designer, drew inspiration for her designs from both natural and man-made environments. Known for her bold use of color and abstract patterns, she became one of the pioneering Modernist textile designers of the twentieth century.
- "Bingo" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1955 - Trained as an interior architect, Ruth Adler Schnee began her pioneering foray into textile design with an entry into the <em>Chicago Tribune</em>'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.
- 1955
- Collections - Artifact
"Bingo" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1955
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.