Manufactured by
Unidentified
Designed by
Edbrooke & Burnham, American, 1879 - 1892
Edbrooke, Willoughby J., American, 1843 - 1896
Franklin P. Burnham, American, 1853 - 1909
Date
1891-1892
Medium
ceramic
Dimensions
H x W x D: 3 3/8 × 3 × 1/2 in. (8.6 × 7.6 × 1.3 cm)
Description
A floor tile fragment from the Mecca Flats Apartments in Chicago, Illinois. The tile is trapezoidal in shape and reddish-orange in color. The top of the tile has an indentation with a dark inclusion. The underside of the tile has two shallow grooves running horizontally through the tile where it would have locked into the mortar. The top of the tile has an angled edge.
Place used
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Buildings and Structures
Type
landmark buildings
Topic
Architecture
Black geographies
Building Arts
Communities
Design
Domestic life
Ornamentation
Urban life
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Isabel Dunham Strauss
Object number
2022.2
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ebbb9f77-47a0-4210-818c-2ad1a2b9fb77

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