Name/Title
Runner: BottlesDescription
A six-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting glass bottles displayed in painted pine cabinets, on tables and on a bench. The forty-five bottles illustrated are hand blown and mold blown. Across the top the design is unified with a blue calico valance. The title “Bottles” appears at lower left.
Secondary to the bottles and furniture, the glass window and four candle stands supporting six candles serve to emphasize the power of light in appreciating the beauty of glass. At right, the standing figure admires a medium-size demijohn, something that cannot be fully appreciated without light.
A c.1955 Country Prints price list describes this runner, “To match the mat set #125 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.”
Edges are straight-stitched and fringed.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Robert Darr WertDate made
circa 1953 - circa 1956Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
“r W d“ with red heart, “by hand”, and “Bottles painted pine & figure”, lower left corner.Material
Textile Ink, Bleached LinenColors
Color
Aqua, Brick Red, Brown, Dark Green, Yellow Ochre, TealColor Notes
Additional colors are produced by overprinting.
