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Tile panel

Title	Tile panel
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1660
Publication Place	Turkey (made) Iznik -
Subject	Flowers Arabesques Bowl Leaves Interlace
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Overall height: 187.9cm, Overall width: 103.5cm, Approx. for large tiles length: 25.4cm, Approx. for large tiles width: 25.4cm, Lower border tiles length: 25.4cm, Lower border tiles width: 12.1cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	571:1 to 32-1897
Record ID	571:1 to 32-1897
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1660
Notes	Glazed ceramic wall tiles have been produced in the Middle East for over a thousand years. One type has decoration painted on a white ground. The best were made in the small town of Iznik in north-west Turkey, beginning in the 1550s. By the 1660s, large panels with impressive designs were still being produced, but the colours were confined to shades of blue and green.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed Fritware Glaze Slip Glazed Painted
Parçalar	Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile
Fiziksel açıklama	Panel of thirty two tiles of grey fritware covered with a clear glaze over a white slip and painted in two shades of blue. Decorated with a bowl with a spreading foot, and from the bottom border spring six wavy lines interlacing stems, bearing large flowers and leaves, all symmetrically arranged. At the top are two spandrels, which together with the bowl are decorated with arabesque ornaments. Round the whole is a border filled with an interlacing pattern of long serrated leaves, stems, carnations and other plants.
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Tile panel

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1660

Publication Place Turkey (made) Iznik -

Subject Flowers Arabesques Bowl Leaves Interlace

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Overall height: 187.9cm, Overall width: 103.5cm, Approx. for large tiles length: 25.4cm, Approx. for large tiles width: 25.4cm, Lower border tiles length: 25.4cm, Lower border tiles width: 12.1cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 571:1 to 32-1897

Record ID 571:1 to 32-1897

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1660

Notes Glazed ceramic wall tiles have been produced in the Middle East for over a thousand years. One type has decoration painted on a white ground. The best were made in the small town of Iznik in north-west Turkey, beginning in the 1550s. By the 1660s, large panels with impressive designs were still being produced, but the colours were confined to shades of blue and green.

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

Parçalar Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile

Fiziksel açıklama Panel of thirty two tiles of grey fritware covered with a clear glaze over a white slip and painted in two shades of blue. Decorated with a bowl with a spreading foot, and from the bottom border spring six wavy lines interlacing stems, bearing large flowers and leaves, all symmetrically arranged. At the top are two spandrels, which together with the bowl are decorated with arabesque ornaments. Round the whole is a border filled with an interlacing pattern of long serrated leaves, stems, carnations and other plants.

Üretim register