GLAZED CERAMIC TILE WITH YORKSHIRE DESIGN

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

GLAZED CERAMIC TILE WITH YORKSHIRE DESIGN

Entry/Object ID

99.13.1.6

Description

Color: Brown A glazed encaustic multicolor tile called Yorkshire created by Karen J. Patterson, 1998. The piece is symmetrical from all sides and features a design in a brown glaze with four stylized flower and leaf patterns on each corner meeting in the center to form a diamond. On the inside of the diamond is a four-sided club design. Black smears caused by the firing process can be found on the back of the tile. In the upper right corner of the back is a stamp reading, "KJ PATTERSON / CERAMICS." The tile, sold by 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