Runner: Tole 202, Blue

Tole 202 table runner in blue on natural linen.: Collection of Sara Leeper. Images: PKM
Tole 202 table runner in blue on natural linen.

Collection of Sara Leeper. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Runner: Tole 202, Blue

Description

A Country Prints production sample retained as a print record. A four-color silkscreen print on natural linen depicting design motifs typically found on painted tin, or toleware. This runner is listed on the January 1960 Country Prints price list in three colorways (pink, blue, or green), and appears in the c.1960 brochure “Mat Sets by Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints”; see images. A matching placemat set and apron were also produced; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1959

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert by hand”, lower right corner.

Dimensions

Width

29 in

Depth

13 in

Material

Textile Ink, Unbleached Linen

Color

Blue, Teal, Green, Black