Runner: Miller 205, c.1952

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Remember the Miller (TK) table runner in a third party frame.: Images: EBTH.com
Remember the Miller (TK) table runner in a third party frame.

Images: EBTH.com

Name/Title

Runner: Miller 205, c.1952

Description

A six-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting a miller with barrels of his product set alongside a village with a mill and waterwheel supporting the phrase, “Remember the miller when you eat your bread”. This table runner appears in the c.1953 brochure “Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints Kitchen Hangings”; see images. A matching towel/wallhanging (see images) and placemat set were also produced. The placemat set has not been documented.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1953

Notes

Date taken from a description in a NYT article which indicates there were matching placemats as well. See Archive, Editorial: 1954.9.25. Edges are straight stitched and fringed.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert by hand” with heart, lower left corner.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Approximate

Height

17 in

Width

30 in

Material

Textile Ink, Bleached Linen

Color

Red, Teal, Light Blue, Light Green, Light Gray, Black