Tile Sample: Copperware T-16

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Copperware T-16 tile sample on cardboard.: Image: Kate Albright, Backtothe60s, Etsy.com
Copperware T-16 tile sample on cardboard.

Image: Kate Albright, Backtothe60s, Etsy.com

Name/Title

Tile Sample: Copperware T-16

Description

A sales sample with a three-color silkscreen print on glossy white cardboard depicting five copper kitchen implements against a field of teal accented with black and white polka dots. This tile sample was printed on cardboard to ease the burden of weight for Country Prints’ independent sales representatives. This tile design appears in the 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 1954

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Front: “wert”, lower right corner. Back: “T-16 Copperware”, typed on adhesive label.

Dimensions

Width

6 in

Depth

6 in

Material

Cardboard, Adhesive Tape, Ink

Color

Teal, Brick Red, Black