Name/Title
Runner: Calico Hearts 208, AquaDescription
A Country Prints production sample retained as a print record.
A three-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting apples, apple trees, birds and a woman in 18th century dress. The woman’s dress, as well as the field of alternating apples and daisies, are representative of calico print fabrics.
This table runner is listed in the January 1960 Country Prints price list in three colorways (pink, aqua, or brown), and appears in the c.1960 brochure “Mat Sets by Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints”; see images.
Edges are straight-stitched and fringed.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1959Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
“wert” and “by hand”, lower left corner.Material
Bleached Linen, Textile InkColor
Yellow Ochre, Light Blue, Dark Blue
