Placemat: Buttermold U113, Bottle Green

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Buttermolds U113 in bottle green.: PKM collection. Image: PKM.
Buttermolds U113 in bottle green.

PKM collection. Image: PKM.

Name/Title

Placemat: Buttermold U113, Bottle Green

Description

NOTE: TEMP PHOTO. A placemat and napkin set with a three-color silkscreen print on off-white linen. The placemat illustration depicts seven buttermolds, each with a different American eagle carving. The matching napkin depicts a butter churn, wooden bowl and butter paddle. Edges are stitched and fringed. This placemat set is listed on the Spring 1958 and January 1960 Country Prints price lists in four colorways (red, brown, green, or blue). It also appears in the c.1960 brochure “Mat Sets by Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints”, p.2, and “Country Prints by Robert Darr Wert and Neighbors”, c.1963. See brochure images below.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1957

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

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

Dimensions

Height

12 in

Width

17 in

Material

Textile Ink, Unbleached Linen

Color

Beige, Blue, Navy