Penn Dutch (TK) breakfast or luncheon placemat set.
Collection of Sara Leeper. Images: PKM
Name/Title
Placemat: Penn Dutch (TK)
Description
This is a Country Prints production sample retained as a print record.
A small breakfast or luncheon placemat set with a three-color silkscreen printed placemat and a matching one-color napkin. Placemat imagery includes flowers and fruit rendered in a loose interpretation of Pennsylvania “Dutch” folk art. The napkin is printed with a wide green border. Both are printed on a lightweight cotton canvas finished with fringed edges.
This is amongst the earliest designs produced by Country Prints upon its founding in 1948.
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr Wert
Role
Artist
Manufacturer
Country Prints
Date made
circa 1948
Time Period
20th Century
Place
* Untyped Place
Northfield MA
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Placemat: unsigned.
Napkin: “w” in heart, and “BY HAND”, lower left corner.
