Tile Panel
ca. 1900 (made)
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Panel of four tiles of glazed white earthenware painted with enamels on a white slip. Painted in red, blue, greenish-blue, dark green and brown. Repeating design composed of ogee-shaped panels containing sprays of flowers on a red ground within compartments bordered by long serrated leaves enclosing sprays of tulips on a greenish-blue ground. The interspaces are occupied by branches of flowering trees.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 4 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Glazed white earthenware painted with enamels on a white slip |
| Brief description | Panel of four tiles of glazed white earthenware painted with enamels on a white slip, M van Straaten and company, Utrecht, ca. 1900 |
| Physical description | Panel of four tiles of glazed white earthenware painted with enamels on a white slip. Painted in red, blue, greenish-blue, dark green and brown. Repeating design composed of ogee-shaped panels containing sprays of flowers on a red ground within compartments bordered by long serrated leaves enclosing sprays of tulips on a greenish-blue ground. The interspaces are occupied by branches of flowering trees. |
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| Object history | Bought from Messrs Martin van Straaten & Co. for £1 The pattern is copied from tiles of the 15th century in the Mosque of Eyub in Istanbul. |
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| Accession number | 516 to C-1902 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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