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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Europe 1600-1815, Room 5, The Friends of the V&A Gallery

Tile

ca. 1620-1640 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Netherlands (made)

Beginning in the 17th century, tilework became a typical feature of the Dutch home. Painted tiles were deployed around fireplaces, on wainscots, along corridors, and most particularly around skirtings. This example combines a type of decoration in reserve that had previously been found on floor tiles, with naturalistic central pictorial motifs.


Object details

Categories
Access_to_Images 2003
Ceramics
Earthenware
Tiles
SCRAN
Object type
Tile
Materials and techniques
Tin-glaze earthenware, painted in colours
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Enamel
Painted
Glazed
Brief description
Tile, tin-glaze earthenware painted in colours, Netherlands, ca. 1620-40
Physical description
Tile, square, depicting a duck within a lozenge-shaped frame, the intervals being filled with stylised foliage in reserve against a blue ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 135mm
  • Width: 136mm
  • Depth: 15mm
Approximate, measured by Conservation
Credit line
Given by Mr Henry Van der Bergh through Art Fund
Subject depicted
Ducks
Summary
Beginning in the 17th century, tilework became a typical feature of the Dutch home. Painted tiles were deployed around fireplaces, on wainscots, along corridors, and most particularly around skirtings. This example combines a type of decoration in reserve that had previously been found on floor tiles, with naturalistic central pictorial motifs.
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham, Bernard. Dutch Tiles: The Van Den Bergh Gift. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1923, no.50.
  • Graves, Alun. Tiles and Tilework of Europe. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2002, fig. 4.5, p74.
Other number
Van Den Bergh 50 - Rackham (1923)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.530:3-1923

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Record createdJanuary 13, 2004
Record URL
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