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Medieval Flooring & Encaustic Tile

Architectural Ceramics

The image above shows the intricate detail that was put into floor mosaics. Patterns ranged from geometric designs, decorative mosaics, family crests, and depictions of Christian scenes and symbols. Our knowledge of floors in medieval domestic buildings is primarily from excavated buildings or documents from the time.

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Avente Tile Talk: Interview with Nutmeg Designs

Tile Talk

This spring I was touched by the kindness of a simple gesture that few of us do in this electronic age, Margaret wrote a note thanking me for my support - on the cover was a joyful expression of her stain glass mosaics. How and when did you start creating the mosaic glass art masterpieces? Quilt blocks were my first inspiration.

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Avente Tile Talk: Thanks to the Tile Heritage Foundation

Tile Talk

A mosaic brings you back to the Roman Empire. They want to help document, record and preserve the collective history that is ours. decorative tile. design standards. Decor Girl. Margaret Almon Mosaics. Architectural Ceramics: Tile+Mosaic. These moments warm my heart. backsplash designs. bathroom tile.

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Avente Tile Talk: Persian Tile: A Form of Art and Religious Expression

Tile Talk

Recognized for having one of the richest and varied art legacies, Persia (now Iran) used this form of art to decorate palaces, public buildings, monuments, mausoleums, and religious buildings, such as mosques and theological schools. It holds an important position among the various decorative arts in Iranian architecture.

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