Calico 102 placemat set in Country Prints packaging.
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Name/Title
Placemat: Calico 102, Blue and Aqua on White
Description
A placemat set with two two-color silkscreen prints on off-white linen depicting Wert’s interpretation of a calico print. The placemat features a 2.5” wide blue and teal calico print border framing a rectangular white field. The napkin features a rectangular field of calico print placed asymmetrically at one end of the mat.
This placemat set is listed on the Spring 1958 Country Prints price list in four colorways.
This set retains the original brown Country Prints backing board, poly sleeve and silkscreened product tag.
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
Placemats: “wert”, lower left corner; “by hand”, lower right corner.
Napkins: unsigned.
