Name/Title
Placemat: Harvest 104, PinkDescription
A silkscreen printed placemat set on linen with two designs, one for the placemat and one for the napkin.
Placemat: a three color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting four bound wheat shocks, essential harvest tools and two birds.
Napkin: a one color silkscreen print on dyed pink linen depicting harvest tools and a quote from Poor Richard’s Almanac by Benjamin Franklin, “A harvest of peace is produced from a seed of contentment.”
Edges are straight stitched and fringed
This placemat set is listed on the Spring 1958 and January 1960 Country Prints price lists in three colorways (pink, blue, or aqua), and appears in the c.1960 brochure “Mat Sets by Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints”, p.1; see images.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1957Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
Placemat: “wert by hand”, lower right corner.
Napkin: unsignedMaterials
Material
Bleached Linen, Bleached/Dyed Linen, Textile InkMaterial Notes
White placemat is bleached linen. Napkin is bleached and dyed pink.Colors
Color
Pink, Brown, GreenColor Notes
Placemat: colors refer to textile inks.
Napkin: pink refers to dyed linen, green refers to textile ink.
