Kitchen, Apron: Red Lobster (TK)

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Apron: Red Lobster (TK).: Collection of Sara Leeper. Images: PKM, unless noted.
Apron: Red Lobster (TK).

Collection of Sara Leeper. Images: PKM, unless noted.

Name/Title

Kitchen, Apron: Red Lobster (TK)

Description

A Country Prints production sample retained by the company as a print record. An apron with a two-color silkscreen print depicting a lobster, lobster traps, a fishing shack, and seagulls. The artwork for this apron and its matching towel/wallhanging and tile was developed for Country Prints by Massachusetts artist Al Winant in the early 1960’s. His last name appears on the apron (lower right corner, on dock plank), and the matching towel/wallhanging. This is a rare example of Wert hiring another artist for the Country Prints product line during his lifetime.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Al Winant

Role

Freelance Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1963

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“Country Prints by hand”, lower left corner, and “WINANT”, lower right corner on red dock plank.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Apron Panel

Height

14 in

Width

30 in

Dimension Description

Twill Tape Tie

Width

1-1/4 in

Length

65 in

Material

Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Twill Tape

Color

Red, Black