Kitchen, Potholder: Pennsylvania Dutch (TK)

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Potholder with a Pennsylvania “Dutch” motif.: Collection of Sara Leeper. Image: Sara Leeper.
Potholder with a Pennsylvania “Dutch” motif.

Collection of Sara Leeper. Image: Sara Leeper.

Name/Title

Kitchen, Potholder: Pennsylvania Dutch (TK)

Description

A potholder with a three-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting Wert’s interpretation of Pennsylvania “Dutch” motifs. The potholder has an attached silkscreened tag printed with “Country Prints, Northfield MA” in gray ink. This was produced within the first two years of Country Prints’ founding. The print on this potholder is also used as one of eight cocktail napkins in the set Penn. Dutch 311; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

1948 - 1950

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

Northfield MA

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“Country Prints, Northfield Mass.”, on tag with trademark rooster.

Material

Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Bias Tape, Cotton Batting

Color

Yellow, Red, Green