Forlì pavement
Tile
ca.1513-1523 (made)
ca.1513-1523 (made)
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Trapezoid earthenware pavement tile, painted with a stylised oak-tree in yellow on a blue ground. These are found surrounding the orange octagons in the pavement.
Object details
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Title | Forlì pavement (popular title) |
Materials and techniques | painted tin-glazed earthenware |
Brief description | Trapezoidal pavement tile, tree, tin-glazed earthenware, Forlì, Italy, ca.1513-1523. |
Physical description | Trapezoid earthenware pavement tile, painted with a stylised oak-tree in yellow on a blue ground. These are found surrounding the orange octagons in the pavement. |
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Object history | Decoration described by Rackham as, "painted with a stylised oak-tree in yellow on a blue ground". |
Bibliographic reference | Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977 |
Other number | 279 - Rackham (1977) |
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Accession number | 30:178-1866 |
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Record created | August 14, 2012 |
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