Placemat: Bottles 125, c.1957, Green

Object/Artifact

Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Bottles 125 placemat set in green.

Collection of Sara Leeper. Images: PKM

Name/Title

Placemat: Bottles 125, c.1957, Green

Description

A Country Prints production or sales sample retained as a print record. A placemat set with two silkscreen printed designs. Placemat: a three-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting antique glassware and decanters in line drawings and silhouettes. Rectangular fields of color anchor the composition. Napkin: a one-color silkscreen print on solid dyed linen depicting thirty examples of early glass in line drawing and silhouetted. This set was produced in four colorways: aqua, pink, green, or brown. It is listed on a c.1958 Country Prints packing slip. Edges are straight stitched and fringed.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1958

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Placemat: “wert”, lower left corner, and “by hand”, lower right corner. Napkin: “wert by hand” lower left corner.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Placemat and Napkin

Width

18 in

Depth

12 in

Material

Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Bleached/Dyed Linen

Colors

Color

Bottle Green, Dark Green, Dark Pink, Black

Color Notes

Above is for placemat print. Napkin print is dark green on green linen.