Not on display

Tile

ca.1867 (made)
Artist/Maker
L. A. C. Macé Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
paris (made)

Panel of Border Tiles, earthenware with printed floral decoration. Framed.

Object details

Categories
Earthenware
Tiles
Ceramics
Object type
Tile
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, printed
Earthenware
Printed
Brief description
One of 28 border tiles, earthenware with printed floral decoration in colours on a dark brown ground. Possibly by L.A.C. Macé. French, Paris, about 1867
Physical description
Panel of Border Tiles, earthenware with printed floral decoration. Framed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 48in (Note: Estimated)
Tiles are 8'' square each. Measurement taken from Reigstered Description.
Gallery label
(1987-2006)
PANEL OF BORDER TILES
Possibly by L.A.C. Macé
Manufacturer
Paris: about 1867
Earthenware with printed
decoration

1043-1869

These tiles were among a mixed group brought form the Paris 1867 Exhibition which were divided into small panels and lent to museums around the country as educative examples of "Modern French" manufactue. Sèvres was actively encouraging the production of garden and architectural wares and these tiles may be a direct result of this support. The sophisticated printing technique, allowing variations both in colour and texture, may be by L.A.C. Macé who patented a chromolithographic process, which he exhibited with sucess in 1867. The tiles have no factory mark.
Object history
Tile was originally part of a mixed group bought from the Paris Exhibition in 1867, which were divided into small panels which were lent to museum across the UK as educative examples of "Modern French" manufacturing.
Subject depicted
Floral Patterns
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
1043-1869

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Record createdSeptember 15, 2014
Record URL
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