A pair of silkscreen prints on linen placemats and napkins depicting hens and roosters superimposed with Wert’s interpretations of calico prints.
Chicken Patch 114 is a c.1953 design that was reintroduced to the Country Prints product line c.1959 as a placemat set and laminated Plasticote Mats.
This placemat set is listed in the January 1960 Country Prints price list in two colorways (mustard or brown), and appears in the c.1960 brochure “Mat Sets by Robert Darr Wert/Country Prints”.
A matching towel/wallhanging/runner and framed print were also produced under differing names; see images.
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 in photo, lower left corner of placemat.
