Forlì pavement
Tile
ca.1513-1523 (made)
ca.1513-1523 (made)
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Octagonal tin-glazed earthenware pavement tile, with a border of orange circles between blue lines around a yellow-coloured central reserve showing a man wearing a helmet, with the name CHAMILO. The reserve is painted in orange and opaque white on a yellow-stained enamel.
Object details
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Title | Forlì pavement (popular title) |
Materials and techniques | painted tin-glazed earthenware |
Brief description | Octagonal pavement tile, yellow, tin-glazed earthenware, Forlì, Italy, ca.1513-1523. |
Physical description | Octagonal tin-glazed earthenware pavement tile, with a border of orange circles between blue lines around a yellow-coloured central reserve showing a man wearing a helmet, with the name CHAMILO. The reserve is painted in orange and opaque white on a yellow-stained enamel. |
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Object history | Decoration described by Rackham as "A man wearing a helmet, with the name CHAMILO" |
Bibliographic reference | Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977 |
Other number | 279 - Rackham (1977) |
Collection | |
Accession number | 30:116-1866 |
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Record created | August 13, 2012 |
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