Name/Title
Towel, Wallhanging: Wild Berries 214, GoldDescription
A towel/wallhanging with a four-screen/five-color silkscreen print on white linen depicting blackberry plants in repeat. At top and bottom is a scalloped border.
This towel/wallhanging is listed in three colorways (green, blue, or gold) on the Spring 1967 list “Additions to the Country Prints Line”. The artwork for this design was developed by an unidentified freelance artist after Robert Darr Wert’s death in January 1966. It is signed with the initials BA.
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 (as seen on this example). Many of these designs continued to be produced by Stevens throughout the 1970’s and some into the 1980’s.
In a memo from Fritz Kaufhold (Country Prints business manager) to Bob MacKay (Stonelea Mills/Stevens Linen Associates) dated February 12, 1969, Fritz notes the sales of this design are “altogether selling above average”, with the colorways in order of popularity: mustard, blue, green. He also noted the design was a bestseller overall in the Country Prints line.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
BARole
Freelance ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
1966Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
“country prints - BA”, lower left corner, and “by hand - all linen”, lower right corner.Dimensions
Height
30-1/2 inWidth
16-1/4 inMaterial
Bleached Linen, Textile InkColors
Color
Blue, Dark Blue, Green, Magenta, Dark GreenColor Notes
Dark green is produced by overprinting green and dark blue.