Threads: The Life and Design Career of Ruth Adler Schnee

Written By Emily Freeland

By Deborah Lubera Kawsky: Originally published in the 2019 Cranbrook Art Museum exhibition catalogue Ruth Adler Schnee: Modern Designs for Living. This excerpt is featured in the 2023 issue of the MU Journal (Madonna University’s Art Publication). 

Photo Credits:

Ruth Adler Schnee with Slits and Slats, 1947.                                                                            

Photo courtesy Cranbrook Center for Collections, Edward and Ruth Adler Schnee Papers.   

Deborah Lubera Kawsky with Ruth Adler Schnee, 2018.                                                           

Photo courtesy Robert Lubera.                  

Ruth Adler Schnee, Threads Textile for Anzea.                                                                           

Photo courtesy Ruth Adler Schnee.

Emily Freeland
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