COLOR TEST FOR ALAN'S VINE TILE

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

COLOR TEST FOR ALAN'S VINE TILE

Entry/Object ID

2001.113.6.1

Description

Color: Black; Blue; Brown; Orange; Green; White; Yellow A hand-pressed color test for a tile called Allan's Vine, manufactured by Diana Watson's Native Tile & Ceramics, 2001. The tile is tan with two rows of color streaks. A row at the top has five colors marked from left to right as "BK1," "OR1," "GR8," "GR4," and "WT4." At the bottom are four colors marked from left to right as "GD5," "BL8," "BL11," and "WT3." The tile manufactured from the test 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, Tiles--California, Decoration and ornament

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Tiles