Tile Sample: Yankee Doodles T-8

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Yankee Doodles T-8 tile sample.: Images: Kate Albright/BackToThe60’s, Etsy.com, unless noted.
Yankee Doodles T-8 tile sample.

Images: Kate Albright/BackToThe60’s, Etsy.com, unless noted.

Name/Title

Tile Sample: Yankee Doodles T-8

Description

A sales sample with a three-color silkscreen print on glossy white cardboard depicting items found in an early American kitchen. This tile sample was printed on cardboard to ease the burden of weight for Country Prints’ independent sales representatives. This tile design appears in the c.1955 brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Print Tiles”; see images. This sample is from Country Prints’ independent west coast sales representative Ruth Gauss Flynn.

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

Notes

This tile appears in the journal Design, Vol. 58, Issue 5, 1957.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Front: “wert”, lower left corner. Back: “T-8 Yankee Doodles”, typed on adhesive label.

Dimensions

Width

6 in

Depth

6 in

Material

Cardboard, Adhesive Tape, Ink

Color

Brick Red, Yellow Ochre, Black