Name/Title
Placemat: Farmyard 120, AquaDescription
A placemat with a two-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting an overview of a farm, with images of a woman in eighteenth century dress flanked by tall potted plants, roosters, birds, a house, a silo with a weathervane, as well as scrolled lines and other marks in rows reminiscent of calico print fabrics. This design was offered in three colorways: aqua, rust, or chartreuse. A matching napkin has not been documented.
This design appears on a c.1951 Country Prints table linens packing slip, and is illustrated in a Country Prints feature in the Springfield Sunday Republican on January 20, 1952.
This example was a sales sample belonging to Country Prints’ independent west coast sales representative Ruth Gauss Flynn.
Edges are straight-stitched and fringed.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1951Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
“w” in heart, lower left corner.Dimensions
Width
17 inDepth
11 inDimension Notes
Includes fringeMaterial
Textile Ink, Bleached LinenColor
Light Blue, Yellow Ochre
