Collection of Sara Leeper. Images: PKM, unless noted.
Name/Title
Placemat: Woodenware (TK)
Description
A placemat with a three-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting early American wooden ware on shelves with gathered fabric valances. A matching napkin has not been documented.
Along with several other prints, this design was a gift from Robert Darr Wert to the UConn Historic Costume and Textile Museum in 1953; see web link.
Though from as early as 1952, this design was featured with a matching napkin in the art education journal Design in 1956; see images.
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr Wert
Role
Artist
Manufacturer
Country Prints
Date made
circa 1952
Time Period
20th Century
Place
Location
Gill MA.
Continent
North America
Notes
Date of 1953 based on Wert’s gift of printed linens to the Historic Costume and Textile Collection at the University of Connecticut.
