GRAPES TILE

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

GRAPES TILE

Entry/Object ID

2001.113.1.10

Description

Color: Brown; Blue A hand-pressed matted tile called Grapes, made in the Batchelder style and manufactured by Diana Watson's Native Tile & Ceramics, 2001. At the center are grapes. Around the grapes are vines and leaves. The tile is dark brown except for the blue area in the design's background. At the bottom of the back is a white label with the name and address of the manufacturer. The tile is sold through Country Floors, Inc. where it has the catalog number CF134R. 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