Vintage KayDee Hand Print Pure Linen Covered Bridge Frame AMERICAN ART

Vintage KayDee Hand Prints 100% Pure Linen. Prints are of Red Farm House with creek, Snow covered Red Covered Bridge and Snow covered white church and Red building. All have original wood frame. Made in Hope Valley Rhode Island Printer is approx. 8 3/4" wide x 6 1/2" tall, with frame 11" wide x 8 1/2" tall THE BELOW WAS PUBLISHED IN 2001 - OWN A PIECE OF AMERICAN ART HISTORY OWN AN ORIGINAL KAY DEE Kay Dee celebrates 50th year at market ( NOW 72 YEARS!) Cecile Corral//Contributing Editor, Home Textiles Today//March 30, 2001 HOPE VALLEY, RI -Kay Dee Designs, based here, is celebrating its 50th anniversary at April market. The company has issued catalogs and notices announcing the anniversary to its customers, said Robyn Tracy, manager of marketing and new product development. Originally known as Kay Dee Hand Prints, Kay Dee Designs was established in 1951 as a manufacturer of screen printed by hand linen towels and linen calendar towels “that used to be very big in the ’50s and ’60s,” Tracy said. “The original printing facility is behind the home of the original owner’s house. The facility used to be a dog kennel,” Tracy said. In the late 1960s, the company acquired automated screen printing machinery that allowed Kay Dee to expand its product offerings to include potholders, oven mitts, aprons and, later, terry kitchen towels.