Branding, Packaging: Gift Greeting Note Folder, 12 Days of Christmas

12 Days Gift Greeting note folder, c.1955-60.: PKM collection. Images: PKM
12 Days Gift Greeting note folder, c.1955-60.

PKM collection. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Branding, Packaging: Gift Greeting Note Folder, 12 Days of Christmas

Description

A two-color silkscreen print on warm gray cardstock depicting written music and verse for the traditional Christmas carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas”, c.1955-60. This note folder has been documented in use for single prints as well as full sets of twelve cocktail napkins; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1955 - circa 1960

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Notes

Date taken from a description in The Berkshire Eagle. “...a gay peasant couple warbling a verse from the “Twelve Days of Christmas.” See Archive, Editorial: 1955.10.21

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert - country prints - by hand”, to left of inside fold.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Folio closed

Height

9-1/4 in

Width

6-5/8 in

Dimension Notes

Folio open: 9 1/4” x 9 1/4”

Material

Cardstock, Textile Ink

Color

Black, Red, Warm Gray