ADAMSON TRIM TILE

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

ADAMSON TRIM TILE

Entry/Object ID

2001.113.11.1

Description

Color: Blue; Brown; Green; Red; Yellow A hand-pressed tile called Adamson Trim, manufactured by Diana Watson's Native Tile & Ceramics, 2001. At the center is a blue flower topped and flanked by red circles. At the top left and right and at the bottom are green leaves. A brown vine connects the flower to two small flowers at the far left and right edges. These flowers have three blue petals, a red core, and small green leaves. The color in the background is yellow. Across the top and bottom are blue borders. Below the blue border at the top are also thin green and brown lines. All of the colors are matted except for the glazed red on the flowers. The design is a reproduction of one found in the Adamson House. It is sold through Country Floors, Inc. where it has the catalog number CF112C. A corner tile is in the collection and is item .2. The object is in mint condition.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Building materials, Ceramics

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Tiles, Native Tile & Ceramics, Country Floors, Inc., Tiles--California, Decoration and ornament

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Tiles