Placemat: Slipware 116, Yellow Earth

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Slipware 116 placemat set in Yellow Earth with folded napkins.: PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.
Slipware 116 placemat set in Yellow Earth with folded napkins.

PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.

Name/Title

Placemat: Slipware 116, Yellow Earth

Description

A placemat set with two two-color silkscreened designs on natural linen depicting design elements from early American glazed slipware. Placemat: four figures grace the yellow field. Clockwise from top left: a rooster, a standing woman holding a bird, a buck, and a figure on horseback. The composition is punctuated with six-point stars and partially bordered with a wavy rick-rack style line. Napkin: four fields of yellow, each with a different slipware motif. When folded, the different designs enliven the tabletop. This set appears in a c.1955 Country Prints price list. The price list states, “To match exactly slip decorated pottery or to complement many lines of contemporary table ware. Red, Brown, Clay, Yellow or Green. All earth-like colors on natural linen — printed napkins to match.” Edges are straight stitched and fringed.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1954

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Notes

Possible date and color names taken from a description in the North Adams Transcript. See Archive, Editorial: 1950.9.21.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Placemat: “w” in heart, and “by hand”, lower left corner. Napkin: unsigned.

Dimensions

Width

17 in

Depth

12 in

Material

Unbleached Linen, Textile Ink

Colors

Color

chartreuse, Red

Color Notes

Colors refer to textile inks.