Tile
1442-50 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Spain had a considerable influence on tile manufacture in Renaissance Italy. Large quantities of Valencian tiles were exported to Naples in the mid-15th century, and locally made versions quickly appeared. The earliest known example is the pavement of the Carraciolo chapel of the church of San Giovanni a Carbonara in Naples, from which this tile came. Dating sometime after 1442, this floor contains tiles that were almost certainly made locally, although more than one workshop appears to have been involved in their production.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | Fragment of a haxagonal tile of tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue, probably Napels, Italy, 1442-50 |
| Physical description | Fragment of a haxagonal tile of tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue |
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| Style | |
| Object history | Henry Wallis Collection, From the church of San Giovanni a Carbonara, Naples. |
| Production | The pavement of the church of San Giovanni a Carbonara, from which this tile came, is known to date from after 1442. The tiles were proabably made locally, but more than one workshop appears to have been involved in their production as the tiles exhibit technical and stylistic differences. They may indeed not all be of the same date. Some are close to Valencian prototypes and may even have been imported, while others have a more strongly Renaissance character. |
| Summary | Spain had a considerable influence on tile manufacture in Renaissance Italy. Large quantities of Valencian tiles were exported to Naples in the mid-15th century, and locally made versions quickly appeared. The earliest known example is the pavement of the Carraciolo chapel of the church of San Giovanni a Carbonara in Naples, from which this tile came. Dating sometime after 1442, this floor contains tiles that were almost certainly made locally, although more than one workshop appears to have been involved in their production. |
| Bibliographic reference | Graves, Alun. Tiles and Tilework of Europe. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2002, fig 3.2, p46. |
| Other number | 184 - Rackham (1940) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1111-1903 |
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| Record created | December 8, 2003 |
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