[1] She opened the Ruth Adler-Schnee Design Studio with her spouse Edward Schnee in Detroit, which operated until 1960.

The studio produced textiles and later branched off into Adler-Schnee Associates home decor, interiors, and furniture.

[2] In 1948, she married Edward Schnee,[10] a Yale University graduate in economics and he helped her grow her business.

It featured Adler Schnee's bold, modern textiles and furniture designed by their friends, Charles and Ray Eames, Florence Knoll, Eero Saarinen, and more.

[15] Midcentury modernism started its revival in the early 1990s, and Adler Schnee's work was featured in retrospective shows, including: Her work can be found in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago and The Henry Ford Museum (Dearborn, Michigan).

The Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research holds the Edward and Ruth Adler Schnee Papers, acquired in 2010.

The Cranbrook Art Museum received a large collection of her textiles in 2021 from Adler Schnee and her husband.