Sears, La Cumbre Plaza, Santa Barbara, CA (store) - Locating Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sun, Nov 26, 2006 12:49 PM How funny! And you know what, I once owned some of those tiles! I think I had picked them up at a yard sale, because I liked their modernist/60s/Tapa style, only three of them. I nailed them onto the wood siding of my house, in an offset pattern, and they looked great. Then, after one of my trips abroad, they were stolen :( Since, I have seen this type somewhere again (but do not remember where), and I believe they were not uncommon in California in the 60s. Does anyone here remember having seen this specific tile pattern in other places? I think it's very cool, and definitely Polynesian inspired. Does someone know what Tapa style it's based on? (Samoan/Fiji/Hawaiian?) [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2006-11-26 23:59 ]

How funny! And you know what, I once owned some of those tiles! I think I had picked them up at a yard sale, because I liked their modernist/60s/Tapa style, only three of them. I nailed them onto the wood siding of my house, in an offset pattern, and they looked great. Then, after one of my trips abroad, they were stolen :(

Since, I have seen this type somewhere again (but do not remember where), and I believe they were not uncommon in California in the 60s. Does anyone here remember having seen this specific tile pattern in other places? I think it's very cool, and definitely Polynesian inspired.

Does someone know what Tapa style it's based on? (Samoan/Fiji/Hawaiian?)

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2006-11-26 23:59 ]

Post #268778 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Nov 26, 2006 12:49 PM