ROYAL TRIM TILE

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

ROYAL TRIM TILE

Entry/Object ID

2001.113.18.8

Description

Color: Black; Blue; Green; Orange; Yellow A matted tile in the blackline form called Royal Trim, manufactured by Diana Watson's Native Tile & Ceramics, 2001. At the center is a green vine that curves to the left and right. At the center of the vine are an orange vertical bar, and a yellow horizontal bar. Behind the vine are blue leaves. At the far left and right are orange and yellow rectangles. All of the latter designs are against a dark yellow background. Green borders are across the top and bottom. A raised grid made by the Italian commercial clay manufacturer are throughout the back. The tile manufacturer's catalog number for the artifact is 153. 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