Name/Title
Placemat: Cookout 148, Black and Red on NaturalDescription
A Country Printe production sample retained as a print record.
A placemat with a two-color silkscreen print on heavy natural linen depicting kitchen tools of wood, tin, and cast and wrought iron. Items are presented in silhouette and arranged as a collage.
This placemat set is described in two colorways on the Spring 1958 Country Prints price list, “148 Cookout — Early hearth accessories in Black & Red or Brown & Black on heavy natural.”
Edges are straight stitched and fringed.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1957Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
“wert”, lower left corner, and “by hand” lower right corner.Dimensions
Width
17-1/2 inDepth
11-3/4 inMaterial
Unbleached Linen, Textile Ink