Placemat, Napkin: Dove (TK)

Object/Artifact

Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Dove (TK) napkins.

PKM collection. Image: PKM

Name/Title

Placemat, Napkin: Dove (TK)

Description

Luncheon napkins with a two-color silkscreen print on off-white cotton crash depicting a Pennsylvania “Dutch” inspired line drawing of a bird sitting asymmetrically within a 1/2” blue-green border. Edges are hemmed. This is amongst Wert’s earliest design output after founding Country Prints in 1947 in Northfield, MA.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1948

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

Northfield MA

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Unsigned

Dimensions

Width

11 in

Depth

11 in

Material

Cotton Crash, Textile Ink

Color

Aqua, Brown