Name/Title
Placemat: Country Kitchen 122, c.1951Description
A placemat set with two four-screen/six-color silkscreen prints on off-white linen depicting items found in a well equipped early American kitchen. Items of woodware, glass, cast iron, and calico textiles are illustrated. Edges are straight stitched and fringed.
This set appears on a c.1951 packing slip, an c.1955 price list, and in the c.1955 brochure “Country Prints Mat Sets and Luncheon Squares by Robert Darr Wert”. The price list states, “Wooden utensils and furniture in tawny pine, Brick Red, Early Blue and Black. Runner to match — see #202 Woodenware — white linen”; see images.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1951Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
Placemat: “wert by hand”, with red heart, lower right corner.
Napkin: “w”, in red heart, lower left corner.Dimensions
Height
11-1/2 inWidth
17 inMaterial
Bleached Linen, Textile InkColors
Color
Aqua, Yellow Ochre, Brick Red, Black, Dark Green, BrownColor Notes
Dark green is produced by overprinting aqua and yellow ochre. Brown is produced by overprinting brick red and yellow ochre.
