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Tile Panel

ca. 1720-1730 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Decoration: Tile panel (55 tiles). A Chinoiserie landscape. Blue. A blue line on the edge of the outer tiles indicates that the panel is entire.
Body: Pin-holes near corners of front.
Glaze: Glaze covered with a kwaart.
Surface: Uneven.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Tile panel, delftware, a chinoiserie landscape, England (probably London), ca. 1720-30.
Physical description
Decoration: Tile panel (55 tiles). A Chinoiserie landscape. Blue. A blue line on the edge of the outer tiles indicates that the panel is entire.
Body: Pin-holes near corners of front.
Glaze: Glaze covered with a kwaart.
Surface: Uneven.
Dimensions
  • Overall height: 140cm
  • Overall width: 63.8cm
  • Each tile height: 125mm
  • Each tile width: 125mm
Object history
Purchased from Mr E.R. Daun, Lambeth Distillery, London, 1912.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Archer, Michael. Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. ISBN 0 11 290499 8
  • Lane, Pl: 37.B. Horne Tiles, p.117.
Other number
N.1 - <U>Delftware</U> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.194-1912

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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