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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 144, The Headley Trust Gallery

Tile

1625-1650 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Flower bulbs were immensely popular in the Netherlands during the seventeenth-century. Colourful wall-tiles with single flowers reflect this popularity. Tulips and fritillaries were depicted in different varieties. Tile decorators often copied their designs form botanical picture books which began to be produced in the Netherlands during the final decades of the sixteenth century.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Wall tile, tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours, Netherlands, 1625-1650
Physical description
Wall tile with blue tulip painted in colours and with baluster borders left and right and fleur-de-lis corner ornaments painted in blue.
Dimensions
  • Width: 13cm
  • Height: 13cm
  • Thickness: 1.2cm
Credit line
Given by Mr Henry Van der Bergh through Art Fund
Object history
Acquired originally as a panel of 16 tiles of the same series. In 2009, twelve of these tiles have been re-mounted (C.534:1 to 12-1923) together with (C.520:1 to 12-1923) for display in the new Ceramics Gallery.
Subjects depicted
Summary
Flower bulbs were immensely popular in the Netherlands during the seventeenth-century. Colourful wall-tiles with single flowers reflect this popularity. Tulips and fritillaries were depicted in different varieties. Tile decorators often copied their designs form botanical picture books which began to be produced in the Netherlands during the final decades of the sixteenth century.
Bibliographic references
  • Dam, J. D. van, et. al. Dutch tiles in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1984, p. 83, cat. 77.
  • Van der Bergh guide, cat 65
Collection
Accession number
C.534:10-1923

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Record createdOctober 5, 2009
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