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05021 AN EXPRESSION OF THE COMMUNITY Was £37.50: Now £25.00
Photographs by Robert A Fischel, Essays by Anita Ellis and Walter Langsam, The Art League, 2002, 224pp, 297 colour + 15 b & w illus, landscape, cloth, dustwrapper Subtitled ‘Cincinnati Public Schools’ Legacy of Art and Architecture’, this is a wonderful record of the tiles, terracotta, mosaics, etc which combined to form an amazing backdrop to learning in Cincinnati, Ohio, during the early to mid 20th century. The colour photography is of the highest level and captures fully the spirit of these ‘temples of learning’. I wish my schools had looked like this…….!
01005 ARTHURIAN AND KNIGHTLY ART FROM THE MIDDLE AGES Was £6.50: NOW £2.50
Manwaring Shurlock, ed. Derek Bryce, Llanerch Enterprises, 1989, 113pp, 40 monochrome illus, paperback
An edited reprint of Dr Shurlock’s privately printed classic study of the medieval romance tiles from Chertsey Abbey, first published in 1885. Illustrates all the then-known designs.
04026 MEDIEVAL AND LATER FLOOR TILES IN LAMBETH PALACE CHAPEL Was 50p: NOW 10p (yes, 10p!)
S Degnan & D Seeley, MOL, DGLA Offprints No 6, 1988, 8pp, 5 b&w illus, booklet
A description of this little-known medieval floor and its encaustic and marble tiles.
06025 FRAGMENTS OF THE GOTHIC WORLD Was £12.00: NOW £6.00
Garry Atkins, privately pub’d, 2000, 56pp, 88 colour illus, paperback
The catalogue of a selling exhibition, held in November 2000 featuring a range of artifacts from the medieval period. The major part of the exhibition was a number of interesting and unusual inlaid and relief floor tiles and some roof furniture, very rare survivors of a once-commonplace object.
20048 TILES AND TILEWORK OF EUROPE Was £30.00: NOW £10.00
Alun Graves, V & A Publications, July 2002, 160pp, 200 colour + 20 b & w illus, cloth
Featuring tiles, tile panels, and architectural schemes from around Europe, both ancient and modern, together with sections on manufacturing techniques, design influences, makers and much more. Although a number of the illustrations will be familiar , there are some stunning new pictures of tiles in situ.
04056 DETAILS - A Guide to House Design in Britain Was £22.95: NOW £9.95
Philippa Lewis, Prestel, 2003, 144pp, 597 colour illus, large paperback
Despite the sub-title, this is essentially a book about materials, textures and finishes as applied to domestic architecture in Britain. Section headings include Windows, Gables, Chimneys, Roofs, Glass, Coade Stone, Ceramics and much more. There are interesting examples of many ceramic materials including brick, terracotta, tiles and chimney pots etc, but one drawback is that the illustrations are mostly very small. Otherwise this is an excellent study.
03093 CONDENSING TIME AND LIGHT INTO CERAMIC: Was £27.50: NOW £12.50
Hung-chi Miao (ed), Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan, 2003, parallel English and Chinese texts, 176pp, over 400 colour illus (more than 1000 tiles), limp
This is a superb book that will appeal to all who are interested in Art Nouveau tiles and Dutch delftware tiles. The catalogue of an exhibition held in Taiwan and at the Dutch Tile Museum at Otterlo, it brings together a vast array of Dutch tiles from their earliest polychrome era to the modern day, and the relatively unknown field of Japanese Art Nouveau tiles, mainly made as copies of British and Belgian tiles of the early 1900s. Having found a few Japanese tiles on my own travels, I was fascinated to see the range of material (and the quality!) produced and to have the opportunity to identify the makers of some of my Japanese tiles from the section on back marks. The quality of reproduction is superb!
16067 MEDIEVAL PENN FLOOR TILES Was £4.99: NOW £2.50
Miles Green, privately published by the author, 2003, 54pp, 55 b & w + 18 colour illus, booklet
The first account of the ‘industrial’ manufacture of medieval floor tiles at Tyler’s Green, Penn in Buckinghamshire, the most prolific of all the medieval tile manufactories. Includes details of the kilns that have only just been unearthed - the first recorded kilns found in the area. A must for all with an interest in medieval tiles.
J001 JIGSAW: HOUTZAAGMOLEN Was £11.75: NOW £4.95 inc VAT
The Dutch Tile Museum, Otterlo, 1000 fully interlocking pieces, boxed
We haven’t sold jigsaws before, but we couldn’t resist this one! The picture is of a Makkum tile panel, painted in 1807 by Douwe Klaazes, and depicts a wood saw mill of the type once common in the Netherlands. Being in blue and white, it looks like being quite a challenge to complete. This would make an excellent PRESENT!
04050 LE DÉCOR “ARCHITECTURAL” dans les manufactures de faïences de l’est de la France, XVIIIe - XIXe siècles Was £32.50: NOW £9.50
Various authors, la société des Amis de la Bibliothèque et du Musée de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France, 2003, French text, 200pp, 347 colour illus + a number of maps and plans, quarto paperback
This is a study of the use of ‘architectural’ designs on French earthenwares, mainly tableware, but including a very few tiles. The catalogue of an exhibition held at the Musée de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges from January to March 2003.
01025 AUF TON GEMALT Was £9.50: NOW £2.75
Various authors, Museen in Schleswig Holstein, Germany, 1996, German text, illus in b&w with some colour, paperback
Catalogue of an exhibition of Dutch tiles from the Drechsel collection. Includes a number of interesting and unusual tiles.
13010 MUSEUM HUIS LAMBERT VAN MEERTEN Was £11.95: Now £1.50
S Braat, J Hilkhuijsen & M Kersten, Primavera Pers, Netherlands, 1993, Dutch text, 171pp, 95 b&w + 18 colour illus, paperback
Illustrated guide to the Museum containing one of the best collections of Dutch tiles. Many tiles illustrated together with paintings etc.
20053 TILES OF TRAGEDY, Brightlingsea’s Maritime Memorial Was £5.95: NOW £2.95
Alfred L Wakeling & Peter Moon, Ellar Publications, 2nd revised edition, 2003, 84pp, illus throughout in b & w, booklet
The Parish Church of All Saints, Brightlingsea, Essex has a unique collection of over 200 memorial tiles commemorating the deaths of local people lost at sea. This fascinating book explains the reason, unravels some of the stories behind the incidents and also looks at other examples in the UK and France of similar memorials. There is also a complete list of all the memorials.
13068 MORAVIAN TILES Was £8.50: NOW £4.25
Foreword by Vance A Koehler, Moravian Pottery & Tile Works, USA, 1999, 20pp, over 400 b& w tile illus, large format booklet
A facsimile reprint of the 1913 Sales catalogue of the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, Doylestown Pennsylvania, USA. Illustrates most of the designs produced by Henry Chapman Mercer at his ground-breaking pottery.
20016 TERRA COTTA SKYLINE Was £30.00: NOW £9.99
Susan Tunick, & Peter Mauss, Princeton, 1997, 176pp, 90 b&w + 77 colour illus, boards
This superb book, illustrated with specially commissioned photographs, presents the history, manufacture and art of architectural terracotta as it developed in New York from the end of the 19th century. Also includes a guide to 200 existing terracotta buildings and lists manufacturers and preservation organisations.
03039 CERAMIC TILE, Creative Homeowner Press ‘Quick Guide’ Was £6.99: NOW £1.99
Jim Barrett, Creative Homeowner Press, USA, 1993, 80pp, fully illus in duotone, paperback
‘Step by step remodeling methods’ as the publishers call it. Basically this is an American do-it-yourself book for aspiring tile fixers, reflecting the American’s rather different approach to tiling.
03090 CERAMICS INDUSTRY ENCYCLOPAEDIA (Construction Materials) 4 Vols: Bricks Floors, Stone/Marble, Tiles Was £52.95, NOW £6.50 to clear
Various authors, Ediciones Daly, Spain, 2002, Parallel English and Spanish texts, 84pp per volume, fully illus throughout in colour, boards
Current trends in ceramic and stone building materials and decorations. Essentially a showcase for manufacturers, mainly Spanish, to show how their products can be utilised. The English translations aren’t brilliant, but the illustrations are first rate!
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