Collection of Sara Leeper. Images: PKM, unless noted.
Name/Title
Placemat: Yankee Doodles 112, c.1951, Green
Description
This is a Country Prints production sample retained as a print record.
A two-color silkscreen print on off white linen rendered in a sketchbook-like manner depicting signature items in Wert’s design catalog: wooden ware; wrought iron cooking tools; roosters, hens and doves; calligraphic scrolls; trailing vines; hearts; and simple patterns reminiscent of calico prints. Matching square napkins are also printed with a pattern reminiscent of calico prints; see images.
This placemat set was produced in as many as eight colorways over the course of several years in the early 1950’s. It appears on a c.1951 Country Prints packing slip and a c.1952 Country Prints brochure.
Edges are straight-stitched and fringed.
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
“W” in heart, and “by hand” at bottom lip of coffee pot, bottom left corner.
