Bold, colourful tiles from the early 20th century still decorate homes and public buildings throughout Cuba. This book contains many stunning examples of these tiles, carefully digitised and included ...
The art of faďence tile making had found its way from Arabic North Africafrom where it had slowly progressed northward via Spain, Italy (mainly thecity of Faenza, hence the French "faďence") and Antwe...
Wunderschön gestaltete Fliesenmuster zählen zu einer der herausragendsten Ausdrucksformen der portugiesischen Kultur. Bei einem Spaziergang durch die alten portugiesischen Städte stößt man zwangsläufi...
Across the world, tiles add colour and decoration to the façades and interiors of buildings. Both functional and decorative, and found in a multitude of shapes, sizes and designs – ranging from compl...
The Art Nouveau movement produced some beautiful and colourful tiles, which were characterized by flowing, organic designs. This text examines Art Nouveau tiles from all over Europe as well as the Uni...
This text aims to integrate tiles and their design and manufacture, with the architectural and social environment in which they were used. It concentrates particularly on the 'golden age' of tiles in ...