Name/Title
Towel, Calendar: Song Birds 509, 1966Description
A five-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting twelve adult male birds, seven birdhouses, a suet feeder, and one nest. As stated at lower right, the birds are shown at “about 2/3 natural size”. This design was in the Country Prints product line for a several years.
This calendar towel appears on a 1966 Country Prints price list, and in brochures for the 1967 and 1968 calendar years.
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.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1965Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaNotes
Top and bottom edges are hemmed, the top is rod pocket to accept a dowel for hanging. Sides are selvedged.Inscription/Signature/Marks
“© wert COUNTRY PRINTS”, lower left corner, and “by hand - all linen”, lower right corner.Material
Bleached Linen, Textile InkColor
Red, Black, Light Yellow, Blue, Gray
