SPANISH CROSS DOT TILE

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

SPANISH CROSS DOT TILE

Entry/Object ID

2001.113.20.5

Description

Color: Black; Green; Red; White; Yellow A symmetrical dot tile in the blackline form called Spanish Flower, manufactured by Diana Watson's Native Tile & Ceramics, 2001. At the center is a small yellow cross. The cross is within a red and green diamond. A thick yellow border is around the diamond. At each corner are two yellow curves against a white background. All of the colors are matted except for the red and the yellow curves at the corners. A raised grid made by the Italian commercial clay manufacturer is throughout the back. The tile manufacturer's catalog number for the artifact is 233. 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