Tile — Planit ceramic tiles
Record status
Individual type · partial
Tile in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number CIRC.390:58-1963), attributed to Hodgkinson, Derek. The museum's brief description reads: One of sixty ceramic glazed tiles, PLANIT system, pressed powdered clay, silk-screened, decorated with an abstract 'blot' design in black on blue, grey, red, green and white (twelve tiles of each colour), designed by Derek Hodgkinson, made by H & R Johnson Ltd.
English, Winner of a CoID Design of…. Museum description: One of sixty ceramic glazed tiles, PLANIT system, pressed powdered clay, silk-screened, decorated with an abstract 'blot' design in black on blue, grey, red, green and white (twelve tiles of each colour), designed by Derek Hodgkinson, made by H & R Johnson Ltd. English, Winner of a CoID Design of the Year award, 1959. The museum records it as Silk-screened, measuring Height 10.8 cm; Width 10.8 cm.
These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Silk-screened
- Dimensions
- Height 10.8 cm; Width 10.8 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Silk-screened
- Maker recorded
- Hodgkinson, Derek
Identification
- Museum object name
- Tile
- Museum object number
- CIRC.390:58-1963
- Museum system number
- O277836
Catalogue references
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