Name/Title
Kitchen, Apron: Good Morning 326 (Later Version)Description
An apron with a four-screen/five-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting roosters, hens, chicks, a weathervane and farm tools. On the patch pocket, a rooster crows at a radiant sun while standing atop the greeting “Good Morning”.
A newly introduced matching potholder was produced. A matching wallhanging and tile were also available for this design, see images. These items were offered individually or in matched gift sets.
This apron appears in the brochure “Fall and Christmas 1965, Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints”; 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 the aprons “U220-1 Herb Chart, 226-1 Good Morning, and U230-1 Happy Heart have been selling in about the same quantities, but all three [sell] twice as well as U211-1 Daily Bread red, 212-1 Daily Bread blue, and U216-1 Woodenware.”Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
1965Place
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
“© wert by hand”, lower left corner.Material
Bleached Linen, Bleached/Dyed Linen, Bias Tape, Textile InkColors
Color
Teal, Red, Yellow Ochre, Black, Dark GreenColor Notes
Dark green is the product of overprinting teal and yellow ochre.
