MOROCCAN MEDALLION TILE

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

MOROCCAN MEDALLION TILE

Entry/Object ID

2001.113.16.5

Description

Color: Black; Blue; Green; Orange; Red; Yellow A tile in the blackline form called Moroccan Medallion, manufactured by Diana Watson's Native Tile & Ceramics, 2001. Eight blue and green bars run from corner to corner and edge to edge across the tile. All are outlined in yellow and meet at the center. At the center the bars' yellow outlines form a star with eight points. Within the star is a red circle. All of the latter designs are against an orange and blue background. The colors are matted except for the glazed red circle. A raised grid made by the commercial clay manufacturer is throughout the back. Stamped in the caly at the center is "MADE IN ITALY." The tile is sold through Country Floors, Inc. where it has the catalog number CF100. 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