Textile Yardage: Calico Hearts (TK)

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Country Prints printed fabric by-the-yard.: From photo below. Images: Ben Calvo, Woman’s Day, February 1954, p.96.
Country Prints printed fabric by-the-yard.

From photo below. Images: Ben Calvo, Woman’s Day, February 1954, p.96.

Name/Title

Textile Yardage: Calico Hearts (TK)

Description

A silkscreen print on linen yardage. Print composition is of outlined hearts filled with conventionalized plants and scrolled lines, punctuated with smaller solid hearts. This is the only recorded example of fabric yardage produced by Country Prints, appearing in Woman’s Day magazine, February 1954.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1953

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Signed on selvedge, unreadable in image.

Material

Linen, Textile Ink