Name/Title
Placemat: Buttermold 117, c.1949, Two-Color, Chartreuse & BlueDescription
A two-color silkscreen print on natural linen depicting early American carved wood buttermolds and tools used to make butter set within a design-forward free-form collage composition. The matching square napkin features butter-making tools in four panels.
This design appears in c.1949 and c.1951 Country Prints packing slips, and is pictured in a 1949 NY Times article; see images.
This design was produced in five colorways between c.1949 and c.1951: rust and green, chartreuse and blue, gunmetal and red, fuchsia and slate, or terra cotta and slate.
Edges are straight-stitched and fringed.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1949Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
* Untyped Place
Northfield MANotes
Date confirmed by 1949 New York Times article; see images.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Placemat: unsigned
Napkin: “RW” in reverse on carved buttermold, and “BY HAND” on lid of buttermold.Material
Textile Ink, Unbleached Linen
