Ruth Adler Schnee, Exuberant Designer of Modernist Textiles, Dies at 99

Ruth Adler Schnee, Exuberant Designer of Modernist Textiles, Dies at 99

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Ruth Adler Schnee in her studio in 1947 with her first fabric designs, called Slits and Slats and Pits and Pods. Anyone can read what you share. A refugee from Nazi Germany, she was among a group of designers who elevated fabric from decoration into a medium for midcentury modern design. Ruth…

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