Towel, Calendar: Anno Domini (TK) 1959, Stevens Linens, Inc.

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

1959 Stevens Linens, Inc., calendar towel first introduced in 1954.: PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.
1959 Stevens Linens, Inc., calendar towel first introduced in 1954.

PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.

Name/Title

Towel, Calendar: Anno Domini (TK) 1959, Stevens Linens, Inc.

Description

A possible design by Robert Darr Wert for Stevens Linens, Inc., the inventor of the calendar towel, first introduced in 1954. This has not been substantiated as a Wert design beyond matching similar elements to those found in early Country Prints works; see images and web link.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Attribution

Attributed to Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Stevens Linen Assoc., Inc./Stonelea Mills

Date made

1958

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

Dudley MA

Notes

Date is the date of manufacture of this particular calendar towel. Artwork dates to 1953, the year it was developed for its debut in 1954.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Approximate

Height

30 in

Width

17 in

Material

Bleached Linen, Textile Ink

Color

Teal, Black, Red, Umber, Dark Brown

Web Links and URLs

Stevens Linens history.