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- "Humpty Dumpty" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1946 - 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. She drew inspiration from the world around her, both the fantastic and the mundane -- this textile, named "Humpty Dumpty," suggests the fantastic world of a nursery rhyme.
- 1946
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"Humpty Dumpty" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1946
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. She drew inspiration from the world around her, both the fantastic and the mundane -- this textile, named "Humpty Dumpty," suggests the fantastic world of a nursery rhyme.
- "Narrow Gauge" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1953 - 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. Railroads especially interested Adler Schee and two of her designs drew inspiration from them -- "Narrow Gauge" and "Slits and Slats."
- 1953
- Collections - Artifact
"Narrow Gauge" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1953
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. Railroads especially interested Adler Schee and two of her designs drew inspiration from them -- "Narrow Gauge" and "Slits and Slats."
- "Seedy Weeds" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1953 - Pins strewn about her sewing table. Snowflakes under a microscope. A stack of firewood. Adler Schnee took inspiration from the world around her, both the fantastic and the mundane. She created strikingly modern abstract and often organic forms. For this design, aptly named "Seedy Weeds" by her husband Eddie, Adler Schnee was motivated by -- you guessed it -- her personal garden.
- 1953
- Collections - Artifact
"Seedy Weeds" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1953
Pins strewn about her sewing table. Snowflakes under a microscope. A stack of firewood. Adler Schnee took inspiration from the world around her, both the fantastic and the mundane. She created strikingly modern abstract and often organic forms. For this design, aptly named "Seedy Weeds" by her husband Eddie, Adler Schnee was motivated by -- you guessed it -- her personal garden.
- "Country Fair" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1951 - 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.
- 1951
- Collections - Artifact
"Country Fair" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1951
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.
- "Central Park South" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1953 - Trained as an 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. 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.
- 1953
- Collections - Artifact
"Central Park South" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1953
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.
- "Spiney Pines" 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
"Spiney Pines" 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.
- "Slits and Slats" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1947 - 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. Railroads especially interested Adler Schee and two of her designs drew inspiration from them -- "Narrow Gauge" and "Slits and Slats."
- 1947
- Collections - Artifact
"Slits and Slats" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1947
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. Railroads especially interested Adler Schee and two of her designs drew inspiration from them -- "Narrow Gauge" and "Slits and Slats."
- "Seedy Weeds" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1953 - Pins strewn about her sewing table. Snowflakes under a microscope. A stack of firewood. Adler Schnee took inspiration from the world around her, both the fantastic and the mundane. She created strikingly modern abstract and often organic forms. For this design, aptly named "Seedy Weeds" by her husband Eddie, Adler Schnee was motivated by -- you guessed it -- her personal garden.
- 1953
- Collections - Artifact
"Seedy Weeds" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1953
Pins strewn about her sewing table. Snowflakes under a microscope. A stack of firewood. Adler Schnee took inspiration from the world around her, both the fantastic and the mundane. She created strikingly modern abstract and often organic forms. For this design, aptly named "Seedy Weeds" by her husband Eddie, Adler Schnee was motivated by -- you guessed it -- her personal garden.
- "Fission Chips" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1957 - 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.
- 1957
- Collections - Artifact
"Fission Chips" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1957
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.
- "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.