Tile
15th century (made)
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Floor tile of red earthenware stamped with a design of a fleur de lys within a circular band pierces with small oval panels and having flaming projections towards the corners and filled in with white slip.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware stamped and infilled with white slip |
| Brief description | Red earthenware stamped and inlaid with white slip. Originally from a cloister in the city of Gorinchem. Netherlands, 15th century. |
| Physical description | Floor tile of red earthenware stamped with a design of a fleur de lys within a circular band pierces with small oval panels and having flaming projections towards the corners and filled in with white slip. |
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| Credit line | Given by M. Hoynck Van Papendrecht |
| Object history | (30 June 1920) Letter from van Papendrecht to Rackham: In answer to your second demand I can tell you that the two mediaeval tiles I sent you this last winter, formerly sat in a floor of an old cloister in the city of Gorinchem...Holland, so told me the antique dealer in Dordrecht who was the last owner before me. |
| Historical context | Eleonore Landgraf (see Refs) records an identical tile with an unknown provenance but attributed to possibly Aachen and possibly second half of 15th century. |
| Production | Originally from a cloister in Gorinchem. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Landgraf, Eleonore, Ornamentierte Bodenfliesen des Mittelalters in Sud- und Westdeutschland 1150-1550, Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Wurttemberg, Stuttgart, 1993 |
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| Accession number | C.1229-1919 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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