Tile: Quilts; Bird and Tree T-16, Brown

Object/Artifact

Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile: Bird and Treee T-16 in brown.

PKM collection. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Tile: Quilts; Bird and Tree T-16, Brown

Description

A two-color silkscreen underglaze print on a white tile blank depicting a house flanked by a small tree on the left and a larger manicured tree on the right. A pair of birds flies in opposite directions above the house. It was produced in two colorways, blue and brown; see separate entries. This tile appears in the c.1956 brochure “Country Prints Tiles designed by Robert Darr Wert”; see images. This tile design is one of twelve panels found on a c.1953 Country Prints towel/wallhanging/runner titled Quilts 203 (see below), which is a graphic reinterpretation of a Pennsylvania “Dutch” appliqué quilt.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Ceramo Studio, New York, Country Prints

Date made

circa 1956

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

New York City

Notes

Design, screen production, and mixing of colored underglazes performed at the Country Prints workshop, Gill, MA. Screen printing of underglaze colors, clear glaze, firing and finishing by Ceramo Studio, NYC. This design is printed on the thicker tile body used by Country Prints/Ceramo Studio prior to 1962.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Front: “r.wert” with a squared heart, lower right corner. Back: Country Print Tiles label hanger.

Dimensions

Height

3/8 in

Width

6-1/8 in

Length

6-1/8 in

Material

White Tile Blank, Colored Underglaze, Clear Overglaze, Cork, Oaktag Label Hanger

Color

Brown, Black