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

2001.113.8.3

Description

Color: Brown; Green; Orange; Purple; 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 purple flower with an orange core. At the center is another purple flower flanked by brown areas. Within the brown areas are ornate green designs. A yellow line curves from the center to the bottom. At the center of the bottom is a large purple flower topped by a small orange and yellow flower. A yellow border edges the tile. All of the colors are matted except for the orange. Written in black ink on the center of the back is, "Peggy's Bath / 20 pc." 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-.2. 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