Flower Pot 103 placemat set in blue on off-white cotton crash.
Collection of Sara Leeper. Images: PKM
Name/Title
Placemat: Flower Pot 103, c.1951, Blue, Cotton Crash
Description
A Country Prints production sample retained as a print record.
A three-color silkscreen printed placemat on off-white cotton crash with a one-color print on a matching square napkin. Placemat imagery depicts tall flowering potted plants rendered in Wert’s interpretation of Pennsylvania “Dutch” folk art. The potted plants flank a rectangular field bordered with a wavy rickrack style line. The napkin print is a series of five nested square borders.
This design was produced on off-white and light gray cotton crash as well as natural linen (see separate entry).
This design is an update of one by the same name first produced c.1949. It is listed on a c.1951 Country Prints packing slip.
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr Wert
Role
Artist
Manufacturer
Country Prints
Date made
circa 1951
Time Period
20th Century
Place
Location
Gill MA.
Continent
North America
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Placemat: “w” in heart and “BY HAND”, lower left corner.
Napkin: unsigned.
