ALAN'S VINE TILE

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

ALAN'S VINE TILE

Entry/Object ID

2001.113.6.2

Description

Color: Black; Blue; Green; Red; Yellow A hand-pressed tile called Alan's Vine, manufactured by Diana Watson's Native Tile & Ceramics, 2001. At the center is a flower with eight petals. The core of the flower is blue and pink. The petals are red. Around the flower is a green vine. Within the vine are four blue clovers. Connected to the vine at each corner are red flowers. A green border is around the entire design. All of the tile's colors have been double-fired and are matted, except for the glossy red flowers at the center and at the corners. The scheme was designed and named after one of the manufacturer's customers. The manufacturer's catalog number for the artifact is 441. A color test tile is in the collection and is item .1. The object is in mint condition.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Building materials, Ceramics

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Tiles, Native Tile & Ceramics, Tiles--California, Decoration and ornament

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Tiles