Name/Title
Towel, Wallhanging: Country Kitchen U252Description
A four-color silkscreen print on natural linen depicting a well equipped early American kitchen. Items of early glass, wrought and cast iron, tin, woodware and pewter are illustrated. Food items include dried herbs, dried corn, ham, bacon and garlic.
This print appears in the brochures “Country Prints by Robert Darr Wert and Neighbors”, c.1963 and c.1966; see images.
Matching tiles in two colorways were also produced. These items were available singly or in matched gift sets. A matching calendar towel was also available; see images.
This is one of over sixty designs sold by Country Prints to Stevens Linen Associates of Dudley, Massachusetts, in January 1969. From that point onward, the designs were produced by Stevens with all reference to Robert Darr Wert and Country Prints removed. Many of these designs continued to be produced by Stevens throughout the 1970’s and some into the 1980’s.
This towel/wallhanging appears on a c.1965 promotional postcard for Bromley & Co. of Boston, Massachusetts, Country Prints’ New England wholesale representative to the gift trade.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1962Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaNotes
Top edge finished to accept a dowel for hanging. Lower edge is hemmed. Right and left edges are selvedged.Inscription/Signature/Marks
“© wert COUNTRY PRINTS”, lower left corner; “by hand”, lower right corner.Dimensions
Height
30-1/2 inWidth
17 inMaterial
Unbleached Linen, Textile InkColor
Teal, Brick Red, Umber, Black
