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Tile
1978 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Square brown earthenware tile with black silk-screened overglaze decoration. The pattern is abstract.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleTextures (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, silk-screened overglaze. Fired at 960°C.
Brief description
Earthenware tile with silk-screened abstract overglaze decoration, Rolando Giovannini for the Assistenza Tecnica Ceramica, Faenza, Italy, 1978
Physical description
Square brown earthenware tile with black silk-screened overglaze decoration. The pattern is abstract.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20cm
  • Width: 20cm
Marks and inscriptions
'MADE IN ITALY' and 'CGS' and '78, P.T.I.', impressed (Marks on back)
Credit line
Gift of Dott. Rolando Giovannini
Object history
The first type was made in the Assistenza Tecnica Ceramica workshop in Faenza, Italy. It was exhibited at the 3rd CERP Congress entitled 'Smalti Ceramici: scienza tecnologia', Rimini, Italy, 1979.
Collection
Accession number
C.370-1983

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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