Name/Title
Runner: Country Kitchen 224Description
A six-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting a country kitchen with tools and implements found in a well-equipped early American kitchen.
The composition is flanked by red brick chimneys. From each chimney hangs a swiveling crane holding kitchen utensils. At center, a painted tin coffee pot, a copper jug, a ceramic jug, and a cast iron pot with a chive plant sit on a wood plank table. The room is also outfitted with items often seen in Wert’s designs: trivets, a butter churn, a wooden bowl, a bread peel, a glass demijohn, a spindleback chair and a wall-mounted spice box, amongst others.
This runner is listed in the January 1960 Country Prints price list in one colorway (copper, brick and green), and appears in the c.1960 brochure “Mat Sets by Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints”.
Edges are straight stitched and fringed.
A matching placemat set, apron, and framed print were also produced; see images.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1958Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaNotes
Date determined by inclusion of a 1958 Country Prints packing slip with this item.Inscription/Signature/Marks
“wert by hand”, lower left corner, and “Country Kitchen” lower right corner.Material
Bleached Linen, Textile InkColors
Color
Red, Yellow Ochre, Orange, Green, Black, BrownColor Notes
Brown is the product of overprinting orange and green.
