Name/Title
Kitchen, Apron: Calico Kitchen 425, Spice BrownDescription
A three-color silkscreen print on dyed brown linen and off-white linen depicting kitchen implements in silhouette superimposed with Wert’s interpretations of calico fabric prints.
The body of the apron and waist tie is of brown dyed linen and is screen printed with a black border of small brown circles alternating with larger brown circles, each containing a small cross or plus sign. At center is a field of black circles containing dots.
The patch pockets to either side of the central field are silkscreen printed in three colors on bleached white linen, the brown ink carefully matched to the dye of the apron panel and ties.
This apron is described in a c.1955 Country Prints price list, “Calico pots on Early Blue or Spice Brown.”Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1953Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
“r.darr wert by hand” in black, preceded by black outlined heart, lower left corner.Dimensions
Dimension Description
Apron panelHeight
16-1/2 inWidth
34 inDimension Description
Patch PocketsHeight
9 inWidth
10 inDimension Description
Waist TieHeight
1-3/4 inWidth
70 inDimension Notes
At tail ends, tie fans open to 3.75”Material
Bleached/Dyed Linen, Bleached Linen, Textile Ink
