Branding, Retail: Display, Promotional Banner

Object/Artifact

Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Country Print Towels retail display banner.

Collection of Sara Leeper. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Branding, Retail: Display, Promotional Banner

Description

A four-color silkscreen print on off-white linen with Country Prints’ brand identifiers, and illustrations of two women in long dresses washing and ironing linens. See image below of banner in use. Banner is printed on what may be scrap material from the edge of a bolt of fabric. The bottom edge is a selvedge. Remaining three edges are simply folded into the final shape.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1960 - circa 1965

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert”, left end

Dimensions

Height

5-1/4 in

Width

27 in

Dimension Description

Banner, unfolded

Height

8-3/4 in

Width

29 in

Color

Black, Yellow Ochre, Red, Aqua