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Tile panel

Title	Tile panel
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1560
Publication Place	Iznik (made) Turkey (made) -
Subject	Flowers Foliate Scrolls Stems Interlace Arabesque
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 50.8cm, Width: 91.4cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	431 to C-1900
Record ID	431 to C-1900
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1560
Notes	In the Middle East, tilework was originally developed as a decorative cladding for brick structures. After 1400 its use spread to Turkey, where tiles were applied to stone buildings using mortar. The most accomplished type had colourful designs painted on a brilliant white ground. Tiles from the Turkish city of Iznik soon became very popular. They were even applied to wooden structures such as royal barges where mortar could not be used. A hole was bored through the centre of each tile, which was held in place by a pin with a decorative head.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed Fritware Glaze Slip Glazed Painted
Parçalar	Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile
Fiziksel açıklama	Panel of four tiles of glazed grey fritware, painted in colours on a white slip. A T-shaped panel, forming part of a spandrel of a niche, painted in red, green and blue outlined in olive-green. A wide band along the top and one of the lower corners are decorated with large conventional flowers on foliated stems interlaced with Chinese cloud ornament on a blue ground. The remainder is filled with scrolled arabesques on a turquoise-blue ground.
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Tile panel

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1560

Publication Place Iznik (made) Turkey (made) -

Subject Flowers Foliate Scrolls Stems Interlace Arabesque

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 50.8cm, Width: 91.4cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 431 to C-1900

Record ID 431 to C-1900

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1560

Notes In the Middle East, tilework was originally developed as a decorative cladding for brick structures. After 1400 its use spread to Turkey, where tiles were applied to stone buildings using mortar. The most accomplished type had colourful designs painted on a brilliant white ground. Tiles from the Turkish city of Iznik soon became very popular. They were even applied to wooden structures such as royal barges where mortar could not be used. A hole was bored through the centre of each tile, which was held in place by a pin with a decorative head.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed Fritware Glaze Slip Glazed Painted

Parçalar Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile

Fiziksel açıklama Panel of four tiles of glazed grey fritware, painted in colours on a white slip. A T-shaped panel, forming part of a spandrel of a niche, painted in red, green and blue outlined in olive-green. A wide band along the top and one of the lower corners are decorated with large conventional flowers on foliated stems interlaced with Chinese cloud ornament on a blue ground. The remainder is filled with scrolled arabesques on a turquoise-blue ground.

Üretim register