Name/Title
Towel, Wallhanging: Woodenware U216Description
A three-color silkscreen print on natural linen depicting wooden tools and implements necessary for farm and kitchen work with names and explanations.
A matching tile and apron were also produced. These items were available singly or in matched gift sets; see images.
This print appears in the brochures “Country Prints by Robert Darr Wert and Neighbors”, c.1963 and c.1966; see images.
This is one of over sixty designs sold by Country Prints to Stevens Linen Associates of Dudley, Massachusetts, in January 1969. From that point onward, the designs were produced by Stevens with all reference to Robert Darr Wert and Country Prints removed. Many of these designs continued to be produced by Stevens throughout the 1970’s and some into the 1980’s.
In a memo from Fritz Kaufhold (Country Prints’ business manager) to Bob MacKay (Stonelea Mills/Stevens Linen Associates) dated February 12, 1969, Fritz notes this design is was an average seller at the time.
This towel/wallhanging appears on a c.1965 promotional postcard for Bromley & Co. of Boston, Massachusetts, Country Prints’ New England wholesale representative to the gift trade.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1962Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaNotes
Top edge is finished to receive a dowel for hanging, remaining edges are hemmed.Inscription/Signature/Marks
“© wert COUNTRY PRINTS”, lower left corner, and “by hand on pure Linen”, lower right corner.Dimensions
Height
31 inWidth
16-1/2 inMaterial
Unbleached Linen, Textile InkColors
Color
Red, Dark Brown, UmberColor Notes
Overprinting produces additional colors, mostly as shading and shadow.
