A placemat set with two two-color silkscreen prints on white linen depicting Wert’s interpretation of a calico print. The placemat features a 2.5” wide calico print border framing a rectangular white field. The napkin features a rectangular field of calico print placed asymmetrically at one end of the napkin.
This placemat set is listed on the Spring 1958 Country Prints price list in four colorways: brown, aqua, pink, or blue.
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
Placemat: “wert”, lower left corner; “by hand”, lower right corner.
Napkin: unsigned.
