Napkin, Cocktail: Chickens 315

Object/Artifact

Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Cocktail napkins: Chickens 315.

Cropped from image below. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Napkin, Cocktail: Chickens 315

Description

Cocktail napkins with two silkscreen prints on white linen depicting roosters and hens. Birds are superimposed with Wert’s interpretation of calico prints. These cocktail napkins appear in the c.1955 brochure “I-Did-It-Myself Aprons by Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints”; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1955

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Possibly “wert” with outlined heart, lower right corner of rooster napkin.

Material

Bleached Linen, Textile Ink

Color

Bright Red, Yellow Ochre, Teal, Black