Towel, Wallhanging: Embroidered Quilt 215 (TK)

Embroidered Quilt 215 (TK) towel/wallhanging on white linen.: Collection of Sara Leeper. Image: PKM
Embroidered Quilt 215 (TK) towel/wallhanging on white linen.

Collection of Sara Leeper. Image: PKM

Name/Title

Towel, Wallhanging: Embroidered Quilt 215 (TK)

Description

A Country Prints production sample retained as a print record. A four-screen/five-color silkscreen print on white linen depicting the vines, flowers and fruit of an early American embroidered quilt design. This towel/wallhanging is listed on the Spring 1967 list “Additions to the Country Prints Line”. The artwork for this design was developed by an unidentified freelance artist after Robert Darr Wert’s death in January 1966. It is signed with the initials BA.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

BA

Role

Freelance Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

1966

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“© Country Prints BA”, lower left corner, and “by hand - all linen”, lower right corner.

Dimensions

Height

28-1/2 in

Width

15-1/4 in

Material

Bleached Linen, Textile Ink

Colors

Color

Red, Blue, Green, Yellow Ochre, Brown

Color Notes

Brown is produced by overprinting red and green.