Name/Title
Kitchen, Apron: Daily Bread 312 and U312Description
An apron with a three-color print depicting materials and tools for turning wheat into bread. Across the lower section of the composition is a line from the Lord’s Prayer, “Give us this day our daily bread”. On the patch pocket and potholder are lyrics from the Christian hymn “Back of the Loaf” by Maltbie D. Babcock, “Back of the loaf are the wheat and the showers, the sun and the Father’s will”; see web link.
This apron was produced in two colorways: red on natural linen (U312), and blue on white linen (312).
A newly introduced potholder was produced. A matching towel/wallhanging and tile were also available; see images. All items were available in red or blue colorways and were sold individually as well as in matched gift sets.
This apron and potholder appears in the brochure “Fall and Christmas 1965, Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints”.
This design (both 311 on tan linen with brown and red print and 312 on white linen with brown and blue print) 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. 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 aprons “U220-1 Herb Chart, 226-1 Good Morning, and U230-1 Happy Heart have been selling in about the same quantities, but all three [sell] twice as well as U211-1 Daily Bread red, 212-1 Daily Bread blue, and U216-1 Woodenware.”Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
1965Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
“wert by hand”, lower right corner.Material
Bleached Linen, Bleached/Dyed Linen, Bias Tape, Textile Ink, Unbleached LinenColors
Color
Dark Brown, Dark Yellow Ochre, Blue, RedColor Notes
Blue appears on white linen, and red appears on natural linen.
