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Batchelder Tile Company
'Maya Design' Tile1916-1932

Not on view
Square terracotta tile with low-relief decoration, two stylized human faces surrounded by curling vine and leaf motifs, filled with olive green glaze against unglazed russet clay

Batchelder Tile Company, 'Maya Design' Tile, 1916-1932, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Patricia M. Fletcher, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Batchelder Tile Company
Title
'Maya Design' Tile
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1916-1932
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
3 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 1/2 in. (9.53 x 9.53 x 1.27 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Patricia M. Fletcher
Accession Number
M.87.157.28
Classification
Architecture
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Bowman, Leslie Greene. American Arts and Crafts: Virtue in Design. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990.
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico, 1915-1985. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2017.