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Back to Basics: AC’s Ceramic Tile Collections

Architectural Ceramics

Today, several tile manufacturers still honor the handmade tradition in shaping and painting natural clay tiles, but drying is done in a closed kiln instead of in the open air. textured surface makes the tile appear like painted brick. Photo: Chinoiserie vases, painted in traditional blue and white imagery, popularized in Eastern Asia.

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Vintage Tile Tour of Original Los Angeles Spec House

Tile Talk

The mural exhibits rare craftsmanship because the glazing appears to have the same detail of a hand-painted oil painting. Joe Taylor, whose encyclopedic knowledge of tile and tile history is impressive, explains that Royal Dutch cloisonné tiles were only made by one factory in The Netherlands. Tiled California Cooler.

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Vintage Tile Tour, Continued

Tile Talk

As we finished walking through the kitchen area, we traced our way back from the utility room off the kitchen to the living room. That''s when we spied a glazed mural in the kitchen that I had previously missed. A Dutch-themed mural in the kitchen dates back to the 1920s. The glazed murals in this home are just amazing!

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Avente Tile Talk: Step Up to Spanish Tile | September 2012

Tile Talk

Project Pick: Hand-Painted Spanish Ceramic Tile Risers Aventes Spanish Tiles are beautifully hand-painted in a variety of colors and patterns on ceramic bisque using time-honored techniques. Within our hand-painted Spanish ceramic tile collection, you.ll Within our hand-painted Spanish ceramic tile collection, you.ll

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Live, from the Netherlands.

Entra Magazine

Detail of a painted 3-panel screen in the dining room. ? The central stair is adorned with paintings and other antiques, like the Rococo clock and 19th-century painted sleigh below. ?? ? ??? Another drawing room, with beautifully painted murals. The kitchen''s tiled ciling is vaulted between the beams. (An

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Kitchen and Residential Design: Blogtour's coming!

Kitchen and Residential Design

Kitchen and Residential Design. Apologies to Stephen Sondheim for massacring his lyrics, but Im on my way to Germany and The Netherlands next week as part of the latest iteration of the international sensation, Blogtour. Kitchen Creations. kitchen design. kitchen faucet. (29). kitchen sink. (20). amusements.

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No Passport Required: 4 Global Etsy Trends for Your Home and How to Rock Them

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Designers from the Netherlands have always been famous for their modern and cutting-edge sense of design, especially when it comes to lighting and furniture. And no other region combines minimalism and statement lighting as well as the Netherlands.

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