ENCAUSTIC TILE CALLED HAMPSHIRE

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

ENCAUSTIC TILE CALLED HAMPSHIRE

Entry/Object ID

99.13.3.3

Description

Color: Blue; red An encaustic multicolor field tile called Hampshire created by Karen J. Patterson, 1998. The piece is symmetrical from corner to corner and has a blue vine with two clubs on one corner. Facing each other in the center are two deer with antlers; situated the same way below are two birds followed by a flower and leaves on the opposite corner. All later designs are inlaid in a border with a spike-lined arch, inlayed in a dark red color, and fired on red. On the back is a stamp reading, "KJ PATTERSON / CERAMICS." Sold by Country Floors, Inc. the tile is in good condition.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Tile

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Surface Elements

Nomenclature Class

Building Components

Nomenclature Category

Category 01: Built Environment Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Tiles, Floor coverings

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Tile, Country Floors, Inc., Karen J. Patterson, Tiles in interior decoration