Wallpaper: Calico Hearts (TK)

Object/Artifact

Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Folded wallpaper samples.

Cropped from full image below. Images: Ben Calvo, Woman’s Day, February 1954, p.96.

Name/Title

Wallpaper: Calico Hearts (TK)

Description

A two-color silkscreen print repeated on colored wallpaper, depicting hearts filled with leafy vines and scrolled lines. Featured in Woman’s Day magazine, February 1954; see images. This is the only documented example of Country Prints wallpaper.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1953

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Illegible inscription in vertical boarder of print.