Name/Title
Placemat: Buttermold U113, c.1963, BrownDescription
A placemat and napkin set with a three-color silkscreen print on off-white linen. The placemat illustration depicts seven buttermolds, each with a different American eagle carving. The matching napkin depicts a butter churn, wooden bowl and butter paddle.
Edges are serged and bound.
This placemat set is listed on the Spring 1958 and January 1960 Country Prints price lists in four colorways (red, brown, green, or blue). It also appears in the c.1960 brochure “Mat Sets by Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints”, with fringed edges, and “Country Prints by Robert Darr Wert and Neighbors”, c.1963, with serged and bound edges.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
Placemat: “wert by hand”, lower right corner.
Napkin: unsigned.Material
Textile Ink, Unbleached LinenColor
Brown, Khaki Green, Black
