400TraditionalTileDesignsinFullColor

SelectedandArrangedbyCAROLBELANGERGRAFTON

DOVERPUBLICATIONS,INC.Mineola,NewYork

CopyrightCopyright©1992byDoverPublications,Inc.Allrightsreserved.

BibliographicalNote400TraditionalTileDesignsinFullColorisanewwork,firstpublishedbyDoverPublications,Inc.,in1992.SeethePublisher'sNote

forthesourcesoftheplates.

ThisbookbelongstotheDoverPictorialArchiveSeries.Youmayusethedesignsandillustrationsforgraphicsandcraftsapplications,freeandwithoutspecialpermission,providedthatyouincludenomorethanteninthesamepublicationorproject.(Forpermissionforadditionaluse,pleasewritetoPermissionsDepartment.DoverPublications,Inc..31East2ndStreet,Mineola.N.Y.11501.)However, republication or reproduction of any illustration by any other graphic service, whether it be in a book or in any other design

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LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataGrafton,CarolBelanger.400Traditionaltiledesignsinfullcolor/selectedandarrangedbyCarolBelangerGrafton.p.cm.(Doverpictorialarchiveseries)ISBN0-486-26952-31.Tiles—Themes,motives.I.Title.II.Series.NK4670.G731992745.4-dc20

91-32306

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PUBLISHER’SNOTE

Thegrandstyleofpublic,palatialandecclesiasticalarchitecturehaslongentailedtheuseofdecorativefloorandwalltiling,whichstilltodaystrikinglyenhancestheeffectsofsplendorandpermanenceintegraltothearchitecturalconception.

DecorativetileswerefirstusedintheMiddleEastsome4000yearsago,andgraduallyspreadthroughoutthe regionand to the southernMediterranean.Theyseem tohaveappeared inEuropeonlyearly in thecurrentmillennium(centuriesafterthearrivalofmosaic),whentheyreachedSpainviatheMoors.

The principles of Islamic design have tended to prevail ever since. Themotifs are generally abstract(reflectinga religious traditionprohibitingartistic representationof living things), though floriatedandfoliateddesignsarealsonumerous;andamassofdetailusually fills inall theavailablearea,withoutcreating a strongly “hierarchical” structure—a highly practical principle that permits considerableadaptationinthedesign’soverallproportions.

Thepatternsonthefollowingpageshavebeenselectedfromcatalogspublishedbetweenabout1870and1930 by two English manufacturers, Maw & Co. of Broseley Shropshire, and Campbell Tile Co. ofStoke-upon-Trent; twoSpanish firms,Gabarró,TarridayComp of IgualadaandE.EEscofetyC ofBarcelona; and two French firms, E. Thomazeau of Cérizay (Dèux-Sevres) and Marquet Frères ofAndrézieux(Loire);plusacollectionbytheFrenchartistA.CheneveauandpublishedbytheMaisonF.Delarue &. Fils, Paris. Many of the designs are credited, several to artists and architects of somereputation in their time.Theyappear,ofcourse,greatly reduced, reflecting ratiosof1:6,1:8,1:10,1:15and1:16.

In theoriginal catalogs the tilesare recommended foruse inavarietyofbuildings (schools, churches,conservatories,publicbuildings)andareas(courtyards,halls,vestryrooms,lobbies,vestibules)andfornumerous specific surfaces and purposes (fireplaces, pilasters, furniture, flowerboxes, stringcourses,dadoes, friezes,moldings, altar rails and steps, ecclesiastical pavements, inscriptions, baths, skirtings,fenders).Thehearthdesignscanberecognizedbytheirshape(seepp.52,53,58and66).Themanystrippatterns are obviously appropriate for moldings, stringcourses and the like. And the basic bordered“carpet”formatcould,formostdesigns,readilybeadaptedtobroaderrectangularfloorandwallsurfacesofmanydifferingproportions.

Inthese416examplesthedesignerandarchitectofthepresentdaywillrediscoverthedazzlingrichnessofagreattradition.

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