Name/Title
Kitchen, Apron: Thanksgiving (TK)Description
An apron with a five-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting the traditional take on the first Thanksgiving feast between Native Americans and the English Pilgrims. At left, a ship awaits offshore (assumed to be the Mayflower, though it wouldn’t have been there). At right, a thatch-roofed house sits within a fenced yard. Between are people seated at a wood plank table, a woman tending lobster in a kettle, children playing with pumpkins, and a Native American man cleaning fish.
Country Prints also produced a towel/wallhanging for the Plimoth Plantation historic site; see “Towels/Wallhangings” entries.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1960 - circa 1965Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaNotes
Date range chosen by the somewhat realistic, less folk-art style of the human figures and the use of perspective in the print.Inscription/Signature/Marks
“COUNTRY PRINTS”, lower left; “wert by hand”, lower right.Dimensions
Dimension Description
ApronHeight
15 inWidth
31 inDimension Description
Twill Tape TieHeight
1-1/2 inWidth
50 inMaterial
Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Twill TapeColors
Color
Red, Umber, Blue, Black, BrownColor Notes
Additional colors are produced by overprinting two or more colors.
