CREST TRIM TILE

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

CREST TRIM TILE

Entry/Object ID

2001.113.16.3

Description

Color: Black; Blue; Green; Orange; Red; Yellow A hand-pressed tile in the blackline form called Crest Trim, manufactured by Diana Watson's Native Tile & Ceramics, 2001. At the center is a green arrowhead-like figure. Within this are a red jewel and an orange bar. At the top of the arrowhead are two green vines that curve down, one to the left and the other to the right. Near the ends of the vines are an orange bar and blue accents. At the center of the top is a red diamond flanked by blue waves. All of the latter designs are against a yellow background. The colors are matted except for the glazed red. Across the top and bottom are red and orange borders. The tile is sold through Country Floors, Inc. where it has the catalog number CF102. 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