Name/Title
Towel, Wallhanging: Calico Morn 207, Turquoise & Brick RedDescription
A five-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting hens, chicks and roosters in an implied farmyard. Birds are patterned in Wert’s interpretation of calico textile prints. At top, two roosters stand guard facing a smiling sun. Below, birds peck for feed, watch over chicks, and one discovers a small snake. At bottom, fleur-de-lis-like sprouts surround two hens and a rooster. At lower left is the title, “Calico Morn”. It was produced in at least two colorways; see separate entries.
This print appears in the c.1953 brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints Kitchen Hangings”; see images. It was produced in two colorways, turquoise and brick red on white linen (this example), and mustard and black on natural linen (see separate entry). It is also listed on the c.1955 Country Prints price list which 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 tile were also produced; see images.
Reissued in a different colorway (and with different signatures and a new item number, U279) after Wert’s death in 1966, 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. Many of these designs continued to be produced by Stevens throughout the 1970’s and some into the 1980’s.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1953 - circa 1956Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaNotes
Edges are straight stitched and fringed.Inscription/Signature/Marks
“robert darr wert by hand” with heart, lower right corner.Dimensions
Dimension Description
ApproximateHeight
30 inWidth
17 inMaterial
Textile Ink, Bleached LinenColor
chartreuse, Light Blue, Dark Blue, Pink, Black
