Tile Panel
circa 1570 (made)
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In the Middle East, tilework was originally developed as a decorative cladding for brick structures. After 1400 its use spread to Turkey, where tiles were applied to stone buildings using mortar. The most accomplished type had colourful designs painted on a brilliant white ground. Tiles from the Turkish city of Iznik soon became very popular.
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Parts | This object consists of 4 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed |
Brief description | Panel of four tiles of glazed grey fritware, painted in colours on a white slip, Iznik, Turkey, 1570. |
Physical description | Tile panel: the allover pattern consists of fine interlacing arabesques painted in two shades of blue, in red and in greenish-black (for the outlines). |
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Summary | In the Middle East, tilework was originally developed as a decorative cladding for brick structures. After 1400 its use spread to Turkey, where tiles were applied to stone buildings using mortar. The most accomplished type had colourful designs painted on a brilliant white ground. Tiles from the Turkish city of Iznik soon became very popular. |
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Accession number | C.114-1935 |
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Record created | June 12, 2000 |
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