Placemat: Yankee Doodles 112, c.1951, Green and Sage

Object/Artifact

Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Yankee Doodles 112 placemat set in Green and Sage.

Collection of Sara Leeper. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Placemat: Yankee Doodles 112, c.1951, Green and Sage

Description

This is a Country Prints production sample retained as a print record. A two-color silkscreen print on off white linen rendered in a sketchbook-like manner depicting signature items in Wert’s design catalog: wooden ware; wrought iron cooking tools; roosters, hens and doves; calligraphic scrolls; trailing vines; hearts; and simple patterns reminiscent of calico prints. Matching square napkins are also printed with a pattern reminiscent of calico prints; see images. This placemat set was produced in as many as eight colorways over the course of several years in the early 1950’s. It appears on a c.1951 Country Prints packing slip and a c.1952 Country Prints brochure. Edges are straight-stitched and fringed.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1951

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“W” in heart, and “by hand” at bottom lip of coffee pot, bottom left corner.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Placemats

Width

18 in

Depth

12 in

Dimension Description

Napkins

Width

15 in

Depth

15 in

Dimension Notes

Dimensions listed by reseller; see web link.

Material

Textile Ink, Bleached Linen

Color

Green, Light Green