"Lazy Leaves" Panel

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Designer Ruth Adler Schnee(American, born Germany, 1923–2023)American, born Germany, 1923–2023

ManufacturerManufactured by Adler-Schnee Associates(American, active 1949–1977)American, active 1949–1977

CultureAmerican

Titles

"Lazy Leaves" Panel

Datec. 1953

Manufactured inDetroit, United States

MediumPolyester, silk, cotton, rayon, and wool blend

DimensionsOverall: 68 3/4 × 45 in. (174.6 × 114.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern and Michael W. Dale, and an anonymous donor, Dr. Helen Tanour and Eleanor Freed by exchange

Object number2016.120

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

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ProvenanceEbay, 2013; [Cora Ginsburg, LLC, New York]; MFAH, 2016.
Published References Eidelberg, Martin, editor. "Design 1935–1965, What Modern Was, Selections from the Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection." Les Musée Des Arts Décoratifs De Montréal in association with Harry N. Abrams, Inc. "Fabric Designs; with biographical sketch." Everyday Art Quarterly no. 25 (January 3, 1952): 6–7. Jackson, Lesley. "Twentieth Century Pattern Design: Textile & Wallpaper Pioneers." London: Mitchell Beazley, 2011. Jackson, Lesley. "The New Look: Design in the Fifties." New York: Thames and Hudson, 1991. Kirkham, Pat. Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts. "Women Designers in the USA, 1900–2000: Diversity and Difference." New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000. Oral History Interview with Ruth Adler Schnee. Archives of American Art, 2002. Schnee, Ruth Adler. Personal Statement, August 29, 1981. Cranbrook Archives, The Edward and Ruth Adler Schnee Papers. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, in selvedge, right: Guaranteed to be Vat colours / [cursive] / [repeated three times]
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Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, in selvedge, right: Guaranteed to be Vat colours / [cursive] / [repeated three times]
Verso: [none]

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