Tile panel

Physical description

Tile panel decorated with yellow fleur-de-lys on a brick coloured background, with occasional tiles of black ground in the border.

Place of Origin

Paris, France (made)

Date

ca. 1874 (made)

Artist/maker

Parvillée, Léon (manufacturer)
Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène, born 1814 - died 1879 (designer)

Materials and Techniques

Earthenware with encaustic decoration

Object history note

These tiles, based on original prototypes, were designed for the Château d'Eu, which Viollet-le-Duc restored for the Comte de Paris from 1874.

Historical context note

Viollet-le-Duc was a self-taught architect and designer who achieved an international reputation. He was involved with the re-organisation of the national manufactories (which included Sèvres), with decorations for the wedding of Napoleon III in 1853 and with the restoration of many buildings, ecclesiastical and secular.

Descriptive line

Earthenware tile panel with encaustic decoration, designed by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc and made by Léon Parvillée, Paris ca. 1874.

Labels and date

'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900'

Viollet-le-Duc was a self-taught architect and designer who achieved an international reputation. He was involved with the re-organisation of the national manufactories (which included Sèvres), with decorations for the wedding of Napoleon III in 1853 and with the restoration of many buildings, ecclesiastical and secular. These tiles, based on original prototypes, were designed for the Château d'Eu, which he restored for the Comte de Paris from 1874. [1987-2006]

Materials

Earthenware

Techniques

Encaustic decoration

Subjects depicted

Fleurs-de-lis

Categories

Ceramics; Tiles; Earthenware; Ph-survey

Collection code

CER