Placemat: Chicken Patch 114, Mustard

Placemat set: Chicken Patch 114.: Cropped from image below. Images: PKM
Placemat set: Chicken Patch 114.

Cropped from image below. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Placemat: Chicken Patch 114, Mustard

Description

A pair of silkscreen prints on linen placemats and napkins depicting hens and roosters superimposed with Wert’s interpretations of calico prints. Chicken Patch 114 is a c.1953 design that was reintroduced to the Country Prints product line c.1959 as a placemat set and laminated Plasticote Mats. This placemat set is listed in the January 1960 Country Prints price list in two colorways (mustard or brown), and appears in the c.1960 brochure “Mat Sets by Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints”. A matching towel/wallhanging/runner and framed print were also produced under differing names; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1953

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Illegible in photo, lower left corner of placemat.

Dimensions

Width

11 in

Length

17 in

Material

Linen, Textile Ink