130 half-size antique border tiles - c.1881
A run of 130 half-sized border tiles manufactured by the award-winning Carrelages Ceramiques de Boch Freres a Maubeuge (NORD). Dated 1881, we include in the photograph gallery for provenance, scans from their original catalogue presenting the tiles.
A pure and minimalist design of a charcoal and vanilla band, the tiles are 6.7 inches x 3.35 inches and c.0.67 inches thick.
These quality handmade ceramics, now 145 years old, can be used to frame a complimentary hardwood, modern or antique ceramic, be fixed on walls for a long kitchen counter splash-back, or be a decorative element in a shower framing an antique bath. Being highly fired and heat resistant they can also be practically used in a chimney breast or hearth, as well as in wood burner or aga inglenooks.
Linear length of 72.5 linear feet.
The tiles are fully restored, arriving ready to re-lay, and are being prepared for shipment to us from France.
Note:-
Our antique tiles were originally handmade in single or two tile molds. Pre-computer fabrication these molds were machined by hand & the colour slips to create the tile were mixed by measure and eye. When firing the tiles, the kiln temperatures of c.1,100F degrees could also be variable. The result of this production process is that tiles made during this period of non-automation often display subtle size & thickness variations and there can be tonal variations in colors, all of which add to their charm and uniqueness. When photographing a floor, we always take a random section so that it is representative of the whole in tones and patina.
A rigorous quality control during the restoration process will include in the sale any tiles with groutable small chips and edge nibbles, expected of tiles more than 100 years old, but include for free any with larger defaults as rejects, which the tiler can then use for offcuts.
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