GLAZED CERAMIC TILE WITH TYLER DESIGN

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

GLAZED CERAMIC TILE WITH TYLER DESIGN

Entry/Object ID

99.13.1.5

Description

Color: Brown; orange A glazed encaustic multicolor tile called Tyler created by Karen J. Patterson, 1998. The piece is symmetrical from all sides and features a circular design in orange glaze with small diamonds and four rosette designs along each of the tile edges; a stylized border decorates each of the four corners. A black stylized leaf and flower design with four stems is in the middle with four club designs extending out from the center. The designs rest on a brown glaze. In the upper right corner of the back is a stamp reading, "KJ PATTERSON / CERAMICS." The tile, sold bu Country Floors, Inc., was manufactured in a weathered finish and 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