Forlì pavement
Tile
ca.1513-1523 (made)
ca.1513-1523 (made)
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Three-sided half kite-shaped tile, painted in blue monochrome with various light foliage and arabesque designs. The tile has been cut to shape.
Object details
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Title | Forlì pavement (popular title) |
Materials and techniques | painted tin-glazed earthenware |
Brief description | Half kite-shaped pavement tile, tin-glazed earthenware, Forlì, Italy, ca.1513-1523. |
Physical description | Three-sided half kite-shaped tile, painted in blue monochrome with various light foliage and arabesque designs. The tile has been cut to shape. |
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Object history | Decoration described by Rackham as, "painted in blue monochrome with various arabesque designs, sometimes enclosing amongst them open books or drums and in one instance a tablet with the initials M.P. " He does not refer to the fact that some of these tiles were cut in half. |
Bibliographic reference | Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977 |
Other number | 279 - Rackham (1977) |
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Accession number | 30:1518-1866 |
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Record created | October 26, 2012 |
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