Name/Title
Towel, Wallhanging: Antique Kitchen U265, 1964-65 World’s FairDescription
A five-screen/multi-color silkscreen print on natural linen depicting tools and furnishings necessary to a well equipped early American kitchen. Items illustrated are made of copper, wood, wrought and cast iron, painted tin, and painted pine, all of which are recurrent themes in Wert’s work.
This example bears the imprint of the New England Country Store in the New England Pavilion at the 1964-65 World’s Fair. The New England Country Store was a faithful country store reproduction sponsored by the Dunfee Family Properties, a family corporation that ran gracious old hotels in New England. Items Wert produced for the fair included wall hangings and gift-boxed tiles. See web link below for more info on the New England Pavillion at the World’s Fair.
This design, without the New England Country Store imprint, appears in the brochure “Country Prints by Robert Darr Wert and Neighbors”, c.1963; see images.
This design is a variant of a c.1952 towel/wallhanging titled Frontier Cooking 222; see images.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1962 - circa 1964Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaNotes
Top edge finished to accept a dowel for hanging, bottom edge is hemmed, sides are selvedged.
c.1962 is the date this design was first produced, c.1964 is the date this example was produced.Inscription/Signature/Marks
“wert” in script and “by hand” in block print, lower left corner; “COUNTRY PRINTS all linen” in block print, lower right corner; “NEW ENGLAND COUNTRY STORE, NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR, The Dunfee Family, Prop.”, lower margin.Dimensions
Height
30-1/2 inWidth
17 inMaterial
Unbleached Linen, Textile InkColors
Color
Brick Red, chartreuse, Green, Black, Yellow OchreColor Notes
Further colors: Copper is produced by overprinting brick red and chartreuse; brown by overprinting brick red and green; yellow-green bottle glass is produced by overprinting chartreuse and green; gray highlights produced by overprinting black and chartreuse as well as black and green.
