Tile
ca. 1542 (made)
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Tile of buff coloured earthenware covered with a tin glaze and painted in colours with an interlaced geometric pattern.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware covered with tin glaze and painted |
| Brief description | Tile of buff coloured earthenware covered with a tin glaze and painted in colours. From the Chateau d'Ecouen. French, Rouen, about 1542. |
| Physical description | Tile of buff coloured earthenware covered with a tin glaze and painted in colours with an interlaced geometric pattern. |
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| Credit line | Bought |
| Object history | Originally from the Chateau d'Ecouen. |
| Historical context | Some of the tiles from this pavement bear the arms of Anne de Montmorency impaling those of his wife Madelaine of Savoy. Note in Register: A set of Ecouen tiles was for sale at the Salon International de la ceramique de Collection et des Arts du Feu, Paris, 1997 |
| Production | Originally from the Chateau d'Ecouen. |
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| Accession number | 8492:36-1863 |
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| Record created | December 30, 2010 |
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