Flower Pot 103 placemat set with fringed edges and two napkin sizes.
Collection of Sara Leeper. Images: PKM
Name/Title
Placemat: Flower Pot 103, c.1948, Rickrack Border, Green
Description
Country Prints production samples retained as a print record.
A placemat set with a three-color silkscreen print on the placemat and a two-color print on the napkin.
The placemat is flanked by tall flowering plants drawn in the manner of Pennsylvania “Dutch” folk art. The center field is bordered in a wavy green rickrack style line.
The napkin is printed with a potted plant with tulip blossoms and a wavy rickrack style border.
This design appears on a c.1949 Country Prints packing slip.
This is amongst the earliest designs produced by Country Prints upon its founding in 1948, and was produced with both hemmed and fringed edges. It was later revised c.1951.
Made/Created
Artist
Robert Darr Wert
Manufacturer
Country Prints
Date made
circa 1949
Time Period
20th Century
Place
* Untyped Place
Northfield MA
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Placemat bears a “Country Prints Northfield Mass” product tag.
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Placemat
Width
17-1/2 in
Depth
11-3/4 in
Dimension Notes
Luncheon napkin: 12” x 12”
Dinner napkin: 14 1/2” x 14 1/2”
