Towel, Wallhanging: Daily Bread 223, c.1953

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Daily Bread 223 towel/wallhanging in black painted Country Prints frame.: Collection of Linda Stubbs. Image: Linda Stubbs, through Country Prints Facebook group.
Daily Bread 223 towel/wallhanging in black painted Country Prints frame.

Collection of Linda Stubbs. Image: Linda Stubbs, through Country Prints Facebook group.

Name/Title

Towel, Wallhanging: Daily Bread 223, c.1953

Description

A five-color silkscreen print on off white linen depicting an early American wood fired bread oven surrounded by the many kitchen tools found in a well equipped kitchen of the day. Several forms of breads and cookies are illustrated. Items of cast and wrought iron, copperware, woodenware, painted tin, buttermolds, cookie cutters, and slipware are illustrated. This print was marketed for use as a kitchen towel, wallhanging, or table runner, and appears in the c.1953 brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints Kitchen Hangings”, and is listed on the Spring 1958 price list. A rectangular carved wood buttermold from the Wert family’s collection appears at left; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1953

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert”, lower left corner, and “by hand”, lower right corner.

Dimensions

Height

27 in

Width

17 in

Material

Bleached Linen, Textile Ink

Colors

Color

Copper, Tan, Brick Red, Blue, Black

Color Notes

Colors taken from brochure description.