Barbecue 138 or Cookout 148 placemat and napkin, Brown & Black on Natural.
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Name/Title
Placemat: Barbecue 138 or Cookout 148, Brown & Black on Natural
Description
A placemat with a two-color silkscreen print on heavy natural linen depicting kitchen tools of wood, tin, and cast and wrought iron. Items are presented in silhouette and composed as a collage.
This placemat set may have had two names/numbers: Barbecue 138, or Cookout 148. The second name/number is described in two colorways on the Spring 1958 Country Prints price list, “148 Cookout — Early hearth accessories in Black & Red or Brown & Black on heavy natural.” The napkins are a solid brown linen to match the brown in the print.
Edges are straight stitched and fringed.
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr Wert
Role
Artist
Manufacturer
Country Prints
Date made
circa 1957
Time Period
20th Century
Place
Location
Gill MA.
Continent
North America
Inscription/Signature/Marks
“wert”, lower left corner, and “by hand” lower right corner.
