LAGOON MEDALLION TILE

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

LAGOON MEDALLION TILE

Entry/Object ID

2001.113.16.1

Description

Color: Black; Blue; Brown; Green; Red; Yellow A hand-pressed tile in the blackline form called Lagoon Medallion, manufactured by Diana Watson's Native Tile & Ceramics, 2001. At the center is a blue and red flower with many green leaves. Flanking this are curving brown vines with green leaves. All of the latter are against a yellow background. At the top right corner is a decorative green area with five red spots. A decorative tan area is at the bottom left corner. Here are two small flowers with three red petals and a green half circle. Within the half circle are three red dots. All of the colors are matted except for the glazed red. The tile, which is part of a panel, is sold through Country Floors, Inc. where it has the catalog number CF104. 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