Name/Title
Towel, Wallhanging: Plimoth Herbs 233Description
A five-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting a pilgrim woman standing in an herb garden outside a small thatched roof house. Above and below the house, twelve different herb plants are illustrated growing in raised box planters. The composition is bordered with a trailing vine.
This towel/wallhanging was a custom commission produced for the Plimouth Plantation historic site (now known as Plimoth Patuxet) in Plymouth, Massachusetts; see web link. Country Prints also produced a Thanksgiving apron which may have been a custom commission as well; 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.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1960 - circa 1965Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaNotes
Top edge is a rod pocket to accept a dowel for hanging, remaking edges are hemmed.Inscription/Signature/Marks
“wert by hand”, lower left corner.Material
Bleached Linen, Textile InkColor
Yellow Ochre, Green, Brick Red, Black, Brown
