Name/Title
Tile: Country Bedroom (TK) T-61Description
A five-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting an early American bedroom.
The scene is set in a cold season, noted by the bed warmer lying across the trundle bed and a fire ready to be lit in the fireplace. A doll on the trundle indicates a child, probably a little girl, occupies this room with her parents who use the larger four-poster bed. The parents may have been married in 1781 based on the date seen on the blanket chest. Delft tiles with figural designs decorate the fireplace surround. The framed village scene above the mantle resembles some of Wert’s early 1950’s village prints.
This tile appears in the brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints Tiles”, c.1960; see images.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Ceramo Studio, New York, Country PrintsDate made
circa 1959Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaNotes
This tile is printed on the thicker tile base used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio before 1962.
Design, screen production, and mixing of colored underglazes performed at the Country Prints workshop, Gill, MA. Screen printing of underglaze colors, clear glaze, firing and finishing by Ceramo Studio, NYC.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Front: “wert”, lower left corner; “by hand”, lower right.
Back: Country Print Tiles label hanger.Dimensions
Height
3/8 inWidth
6 inDepth
6 inMaterial
White Tile Blank, Colored Underglaze, Clear Overglaze, Oaktag Label Hanger, CorkColor
Brick Red, Yellow Ochre, Teal, Brown, Black
