Tile Sample: Pot Herbs T-12

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Tile Sample: Pot Herbs T-12.: PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.
Tile Sample: Pot Herbs T-12.

PKM collection. Images: PKM, unless noted.

Name/Title

Tile Sample: Pot Herbs T-12

Description

A sales sample with a three-screen/four-color silkscreen print on glossy white cardboard depicting seven cooking pots labeled with the names of herbs. This tile sample was printed on cardboard to ease the burden of weight for Country Prints’ independent sales representatives. The edges of the sample were bound in black adhesive tape. This tile design appears in teh c.1955 brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Print Tiles”; see images. This sample is from Country Prints’ independent west coast sales representative Ruth Gauss Flynn.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1955

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Front: “r. darr wert”, lower right corner. Back: “T-12 Pot Herbs”, typed on adhesive label.

Dimensions

Width

6 in

Depth

6 in

Material

Cardboard, Adhesive Tape, Ink

Colors

Color

Brick Red, chartreuse, Black, Brown

Color Notes

Brown is produced by overprinting brick red and chartreuse.