Unika Vaev's '40s/'50s revival. (upholstery manufactures) (Market)

Interior Design, October, 1993

Ruth Adler Schnee, German-born architect who studied under Eliel Saarinen at Cranbrook, designed and produced printed fabrics in the '40s to late '50s, and currently practices architecture near Detroit, is enjoying a commercial renaissance through a collection of upholstery and casements from Unika Vaev. Seeking to bridge a chronological gap in its collection of re-edition fabrics spanning early 20th-century to contemporary American designs, Unika Vaev sought out Schnee as a source for a five pattern group. "I am trained as an architect, so my tools of design include the triangle, T-square and ruler," says Schnee, whose bold, colorful geometric documents were inspired by such things as pins and needles on a sewing table, snow flakes and stacked fire wood. Schnee has won...

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