"Cables" Fabric Swatch Designed by Ruth Adler Schnee, 1958
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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.
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.
Artifact
Swatch
Date Made
1958
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2018.143.27
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Linen (Material)
Color
Tan (Color)
Gray (Color)
Olive (color)
Dimensions
Height: 26.125 in
Width: 39.375 in
Inscriptions
across side of fabric: "CABLES" "RUTH ADLER DESIGN" FOR ADLER SCHNEE ASSOCIATES on paper tag: "Cables" on angelstripe / SCHNEE & SCHNEE / Interior Space Color Planning/ [...]
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