SPANISH TILE COMPANY BLUE, BROWN, GREEN, RED AND WHITE FLORAL DESIGN TILE

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

SPANISH TILE COMPANY BLUE, BROWN, GREEN, RED AND WHITE FLORAL DESIGN TILE

Entry/Object ID

98.27.1.2

Description

SPANISH TILE COMPANY BLUE, BROWN, GREEN, RED AND WHITE FLORAL DESIGN TILE Color: Blue; brown; green; red; white An encaustic concrete floor tile from the Spanish Tile Company, ca. 1929. The piece has an edge in brown with a centered design of a white-bordered circle with a blue inner area on which is a four petaled flower-like design with green petal and a white and red center. Toward the edge are four designs in blue and red. Incised on the bottom is: "CALIFORNIA SPANISH TILE." In good condition, the object has some chips on the edge, but little else visible in terms of wear or damage.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Tile

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Surface Elements

Nomenclature Class

Building Components

Nomenclature Category

Category 01: Built Environment Objects

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Tile, Spanish Tile Company, Flooring, Tile--Culver City (Calif.), Tiles--Culver City (Calif.), Tiles in interior decoration