Name/Title
Branding, Retail: Country Prints Towel Rack (TK)Description
A wall-mount wooden display for Country Prints linen towels. Metal arms extend to hold folded towels. Base paint color is red with yellow and black printing. Text announces, “COUNTRY PRINTS by robert darr wert & neighbors, HAND PRINTED PURE LINEN TOWELS”
Display is illustrated with images of a scythe, plow, scoop, butter churn, barn, silo, a rising sun, and rooster, all of which are recurrent themes in Wert’s designs.
One of these display racks is pictured in a c.1965 promotional postcard for Bromley & Co. of Boston, Massachusetts, Country Prints’ New England representative to the wholesale gift trade.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Unknown FabricatorDate made
circa 1960 - circa 1965Time Period
20th CenturyDimensions
Dimension Description
Depth measurement is from wall to tip of towel hangers.Height
6 inWidth
24 inDepth
10-1/2 inDimension Notes
Dimensions given by seller.Materials
Material Notes
Best guess: back board is masonite, hanger mount bar is wood, hangers are steel.Color
Brick Red, Yellow, Black
