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Tile | Origin: Takht-i Sulayman, Iran | Period: 14th century Il-khanid period | Details: In the Islamic world, ceramics makers emphasized brightly colored glazes and intricate designs to animate relatively simple shapes and architectural tiles. Drawing on a variety of decorative sources, they continually expanded and refined their repertoire of calligraphic, abstract, and figurative motifs. Some of the designs, such as the soaring phoenix on this fourteenth-century turquoise molded tile, reflect Iran's contacts with other artistic traditions, in particular China. Such "exotic" motifs became an integral part of the Persian visual language and were skillfully adapted to satisfy local taste and aesthetic preferences. | Type: Stone-paste painted and gilded under and over glaze | Size: H: 20.9 W: 21.3 D: 2.0 cm | Museum Code: S1997.114 | Photograph and description taken from Freer and the Sackler (Smithsonian) Museums.
The remaining fragment of the 'House of Hades' tile at 31st and Market Streets in Philadelphia, PA, now scarred with tire treads. Compare the current state with the same tile two years earlier.
Side text: "CZARNE RĘKAWICZKI" ["black gloves" in Polish]
For more information, see "Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles," "Toynbee Tiles: Recent Developments and Mysteries Anew," Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles, and the Wikipedia article "Toynbee tiles."
One of the three buildings in the Archeological Museum complex. This one is called the Tiled Kiosk, and was built in 1473 by Sultan Mehmet II. The columned portico was added in the 18th century. Today, it houses the Museum of Islamic Art, which contains a number of examples of Iznik tiles and Seljuk pottery.
The tiles are actually made of small pieces that were painstakingly put together. it stood the test of time coz, the owners who were no longer capable of maintaining the place kept it dirty while waiting for the youngest son to pass. the dirt interestingly saved the tiles.
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Main floor bathroom remodeling job by Ken. Even the closet got tile due to my begging. I'm always thinking resale value.
Tiles Porcelain Ltd is one of the leading providers of tiles including floor tiles, wall tiles for bathroom and kitchen in the UK and hold over 100,00 m2 of tiles in stock at anyone time and can deliver next day anywhere in the UK.
One of the problems with tiling walls, is that you can't test the layout in place, since gravity works against you. Instead we laid out the tiles on the floor and measured
Tiles obscured by a shop front on Golden Lion Bank, Whitby, North Yorkshire. Looks like it used to be a butcher's shop, currently a sweet shop (with Halloween goodies).
Some alleys in old towns and cities are officially named after a long-established pub with which they're associated. Examples in my photostream are: Angel Yard, Whitby; Golden Lion Bank, Whitby; Black Horse Yard, Whitby; Three Cranes Lane, York.
Jackfield Tile Museum is one of the ten Ironbridge Gorge museums administered by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust. The museum lies in the village of Jackfield, near Broseley, on the south bank of the River Severn in the Ironbridge Gorge, in Shropshire, England. It is located within a World Heritage Site, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.
Museum building
The museum is housed in a decorative tile factory building, the former works of Craven Dunnill and Company, that is still used to produce tiles, particularly encaustic tiles. It presents the history of the British decorative tile industry between 1840 and 1960, the period in which this factory and that of Maw & Co nearby played an important part in this industry.
Jackfield is one of the oldest known ceramic production centres in Shropshire, a tradition dating back to the 16th century.
Craven Dunnill gave up its Jackfield works in the early 1950s, moving to Bridgnorth, and the buildings were used by a firm making iron and bronze castings. In 1983, the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust purchased the works with the aid of an Architectural Heritage Fund grant. In 1989, tile manufacture restarted on the site and in 2001 Craven Dunnill took over this business again.
There were two Victorian tile factories with kilns as well as coke, tar and brick kilns and an iron works at The Calcutts. Pottery was manufactured here from the early 1600's.
The Tile Museum was home to the Craven Dunnill factory, where decorative tiles were mass-produced from 1874 until just after the Second World War, Jackfield Tile Museum is the best surviving example of a purpose-built Victorian tile factory.
it was the Victorian tile factories of Maw and Company (1883) and Craven and Dunnill (1872) that really gave Jackfield a name. Both did highly decorative and glazed tiles, however what they call encaustic tiles were very popular and more difficult to make because it was a process of inlaying coloured clays into coloured tiles as they did in medieval times.
These tiles were hidden away next to a door that used to open to the garden off one of the old rooms, part of them hidden by a newer wall. I just love that stuff like this and that ceiling work went into the original house - it's the little things that make these places so special.
The McNay Art Museum; San Antonio, Texas
Tile panel with the first four caliphs whose names appear on the panel beside Allah and Muhammed - Abu Bakr (r.632-4), Uman (r634-44), Uthman (r644-56) and Ali (r.656-61). Damascus, Syria, 1800-1900
A tile from Rufus Brick & Tile Co, owned by the Proctor Brothers. They were located at Bradwell Wood, Newcastle under Lyme, and were still manufacturing in the 1970s. This was with some bricks which have recently been flytipped here.
No flash. Natural light/discoloration.
Azulejos
Fonte dos Passarinhos
Parque
Palacio da Pena
Sintra
Portugal 2008
Taking a break from the Norway uploads for some London stuff. These caught my eye on Wardour Street.
13th & Grand. Not sure if it's still there with the nearby arena construction. I took this photo in December 2004. The daily paper did an article about our tile.
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