Name/Title
Towel, Wallhanging: Antique Kitchen U267Description
A five-screen/ multi-color silkscreen print on natural linen depicting tools and furnishings necessary to a well equipped early American kitchen. Items depicted are made of copper, wood, wrought and cast iron, painted tin, and painted pine, all of which are recurrent themes in Wert’s work.
This towel/wallhanging appears in the brochures “Country Prints by Robert Darr Wert and Neighbors”, c.1963 and c.1966; see images.
This towel/wallhanging was amongst Country Prints’ offerings with a custom imprint for the New England Country Store sold at the 1964 World’s Fair in New York CIty; see separate entry.
Antique Kitchen U267 is a variant of a c.1952 towel/wallhanging/runner titled Frontier Cooking 222; see images.
This is one of over sixty designs sold by Country Prints to Stevens Linen Associates of Dudley, Massachusetts, in January 1969. From that point onward, the designs were produced by Stevens with all reference to Robert Darr Wert and Country Prints removed. Many of these designs continued to be produced by Stevens throughout the 1970’s and some into the 1980’s.
In a memo from Fritz Kaufhold (Country Prints’ business manager) to Bob MacKay (Stonelea Mills/Stevens Linen Associates) dated February 12, 1969, Fritz notes this design is was an average seller at the time.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1962Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaNotes
Top edge finished to accept a dowel for hanging, bottom edge hemmed, sides are selvedged.Inscription/Signature/Marks
“© wert by hand”, at lower left corner; “COUNTRY PRINTS all linen”, at lower right corner.Material
Unbleached Linen, Textile InkColors
Color
Brick Red, Green, chartreuse, Black, Yellow OchreColor Notes
Further colors: Copper is produced by overprinting brick red and chartreuse; brown by overprinting brick red and green; yellow-green bottle glass is produced by overprinting chartreuse and green; gray highlights produced by overprinting black and chartreuse as well as black and green.
