Truus Schröder-Schräder (1889–1985) was a Dutch socialite and trained pharmacist who was closely involved with avant-garde artists and architects of the De Stijl movement.

In 1911, she married Frits Schröder, a lawyer who was eleven years her senior but from a similar prosperous Catholic background.

The family lived in a spacious apartment in Utrecht, on the first floor of a large building in the Biltstraat, where Mr. Schröder had his offices.

Though Rietveld's design for the space struck her friends as plain and beneath Truus's social status, she was very content with it.

While Truus had no experience or training as an architect or designer, she had a clear vision regarding her lifestyle and the aesthetics of her surroundings[2][page needed] She collaborated with Rietveld on much of the built-in furniture and other fittings for the house.

[2][page needed] A strong-willed person with daring ideas, Truus delighted in provoking her more conventional contemporaries.

In 1982, Lenneke Buller and Frank Den Oudsten recorded a two-day interview, providing her an opportunity to talk about her life with Rietveld in this important house.