Name/Title
Runner: Friendly Kitchen 216Description
A Country Prints production sample retained as a print record.
A six-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting bottles, containers, cookware, cooking tools and herbs used in an early American kitchen.
This table runner appears in the c.1953 brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints Kitchen Hangings”, and in a 1955 article about Robert Darr Wert and Country Prints in the art journal Design; see images. It is also included in The University of Connecticut Historical Costume and Textiles Collection, gift of the artist, 1953; see web link.
A c.1955 Country Prints price list describes this towel/runner, “To match the mat set #124 of the same name.”
The price list also states, “Pure Linen Kitchen Runners and Towels, Nice enough to “Hang” or Frame — in fact we now offer any of these framed in a flat early black frame at $10.00.”
A matching placemat set and framed print were also produced; see images.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1952Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaNotes
Date of c.1952 based on Wert’s gift of this table runner to the University of Connecticut Historic Costume and Textile Museum in 1953.Inscription/Signature/Marks
“ROBERT DARR WERT by hand”, with red heart, right lower right corner.Material
Bleached Linen, Textile InkColors
Color
Red, Bottle Green, Dark Green, Black, Brown, Yellow OchreColor Notes
Additional colors and shading produced by overprinting two or more colors.
