PEGGY'S GARDEN, BASE TILE TRIM

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

PEGGY'S GARDEN, BASE TILE TRIM

Entry/Object ID

2001.113.8.2

Description

Color: Blue; Green; Purple; Red; Yellow A hand-pressed base trim tile called Peggy's Garden, manufactured by Diana Watson's Native Tile & Ceramics, 2001. The tile is triangular at the top with ornate curves. At the center of the top is a yellow flower. At the center is a blue flower flanked by green areas. Within the green areas are ornate yellow designs. A dark purple line curves from the center to the bottom. At the center of the bottom is a large light purple flower topped by a small green and red flower. A light purple border edges the tile. All of the colors are matted. The tile was custom designed and named for one of the manufacturer's customers for use in her bathroom. The artifact has the manufacturer's catalog number of 402. Two other tiles of the same style but in different colors are in the collection and are items .1, .3. The object is in mint condition.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Building materials, Ceramics

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Tiles, Native Tile & Ceramics, Tiles--California, Decoration and ornament

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Tiles