Placemat: Daily Bread 124

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Daily Bread 124 placemat set.: PKM collection. Images: PKM
Daily Bread 124 placemat set.

PKM collection. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Placemat: Daily Bread 124

Description

A Country Prints production sample retained as a print record. A four-color silkscreen printed placemat set on off-white linen depicting elements of an early American kitchen, featuring the materials and tools needed to make bread. Several types of finished bread are illustrated. Wert’s trailing vines finish the composition. This set appears in the c.1955 brochure “Country Prints Mat Sets and Luncheon Squares by Robert Darr Wert”, see images. A matching table runner and tile were also produced; see images. Edges are straight stitched and fringed.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1954

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Placemat: “wert by hand” with solid heart, lower right corner. Napkin: unsigned

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Placemat and Napkin

Width

18 in

Depth

12 in

Material

Bleached Linen, Textile Ink

Color

Brick Red, Brown, Green, Black