Name/Title
Towel, Wallhanging: Quilts 203, c.1954, RedDescription
A two-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting twelve Pennsylvania “Dutch” appliqué quilt squares. The design is bordered at top and bottom with swags typical of appliqué quilts, and the lower edge bears the title “QUILTS” in hand-drawn type. Subjects of the quilt squares range from fruit, to fowl, to plant life, buildings, and a farm couple.
This print was marketed for use as a kitchen towel, wallhanging, or table runner, and is listed on a c.1955 Country Prints price list, “Authentic appliqué quilt patterns on Red and Blue or Blue and Red on white and Black and Brown on natural.”
The price list also states, “Pure Linen Kitchen Runners and Towels, Nice enough to “Hang” or Frame — in fact we now offer any of these framed in a flat early black frame at $10.00.”
At least four of the square designs were also produced as Country Print Tiles; see images.
This print was reinterpreted as a cross stitch quilt kit by the Bucilla Needlework kit company; see images.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1954Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaNotes
Upper and lower edges are straight stitched and fringed, sides are selvedged.Inscription/Signature/Marks
“RobERT daRR WERT”, lower left corner; “by haNd”, lower right corner.Material
Bleached Linen, Textile Ink
