Tehran Wall Tile depicting Roses in Fantasy Architecture
Tile
1850-1870 (made)
1850-1870 (made)
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Tile, design with stepped pedestal base on yellow background, with corner border in pink and white, part of a larger vertical composition of architectural elements, rose bouquets and an oval vignette of a Qajar palace, from a panel of ten tiles
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Title | Tehran Wall Tile depicting Roses in Fantasy Architecture (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Buff-coloured earthenware, tin-opacified white slip, polychrome pigments in yellow, pink, turquoise, green, blue, purple and manganese black outlines, glazed |
Brief description | Middle East, Ceramic, Tile; Tile, glazed earthenware, design with stepped pedestal base on yellow background, with corner border in pink and white, part of a larger vertical composition of architectural elements, rose bouquets and an oval vignette of a Qajar palace, from a panel of ten tiles, Tehran, Iran, 1850-1870 |
Physical description | Tile, design with stepped pedestal base on yellow background, with corner border in pink and white, part of a larger vertical composition of architectural elements, rose bouquets and an oval vignette of a Qajar palace, from a panel of ten tiles |
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Object history | This colourful tile was bought in Tehran in 1876, for the South Kensington Museum (today the V&A). The Museum's agent Robert Murdoch Smith purchased a large collection of 154 "modern tiles", from the art-dealer Jules Richard, and described the group as "a collection of upwards of 100 modern tiles of different patterns such as are used for decorating walls and floors at the present day" (V&A Archives, 9 July 1875). Jules Richard had organised the tiles in 25 groups, of matching or mixed sets, showing the wonderful stylistic range of Qajar interior architecture: these range from geometric patterns, trellis repeats, landscape vignettes, architectonic compositions, bouquets of roses, Chinese famille rose porcelain styles, and even imitations of silk ikat pattern. In 1951, seven of the tiles were transferred to the Potteries Museum in Stoke-on-Trent. |
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Accession number | 1531:25/1-1876 |
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Record created | June 24, 2013 |
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