Victorian Floor Tiles

Description

Ceramic tiles have been produced for over a thousand years in the heartlands of the Islamic world, from Iraq in the ninth century to Turkey in the nineteenth. The wealth of designs and colors used to decorate mosques, shrines and palaces later provided inspiration for European artists and designers. This book first explains the various techniques of the craftsmen and then traces the development of tilework, beginning with pre-Islamic tradition, through the major periods and across a wide geographic area. Superb color photographs and informative text make this book a treasure for anyone interested in art and design.

Description

Hexagon Venato White Marble Polished Mosaic Tile Made from the highest quality premium marble Strictly selected; consistent in color, sizing and finish Larger quantities are readily available in full pallets and containers. Suitable for commercial and residential projects (Interior as well as exterior surface covering applications) Meets your needs at a very low cost (Item originally retails for $19.75/sq. ft. Yours is only $11.99/sq. ft.)

Features

• Premium (SELECT) Quality White POLISHED Marble Mosaic Tiles in Hexagon Shape
• Minimum Purchase quantity is 5 sheets. Each Sheet covers 0.95 sqf.
• The edges of these mosaic tiles are Straight and the surface is Honed
• These mosaic tiles come mounted on a sturdy mesh for easy and flawless installation
• Due to high shipping cost on 1 sheet order, you will only be shipped 1/4 sheet sample on such order

Description

Mosaics have endless uses and infinite possibilities! They can be used indoors or outdoors, be part of your kitchen, decorate your bathroom and the bottom of your pools, cover walls and ceilings, or serve as frames for mirrors and paintings.

Features

• All natural stones
• Completely hand-made
• Beautiful design
• Timeless artwork that will last a lifetime
• Uses and display locations are unlimited!

Description

Islamic ceramic tilework is surely one of the most magnificent forms of decorative art in the world. Through the centuries Islamic potters and craftsmen have displayed a skill and ingenuity that verge on the miraculous. From Morocco in the west to India in the east, their work adorns mosques and minarets, palaces and mausoleums, revealing an extraordinary mastery of form, function, and design. The architecture of the Islamic world represents an incontestable high point in the art of ceramic decoration, and employs an inexhaustible source of decorative motifs: from floral to figurative, from geometric to allegoric, all in sumptuous, vibrant color. The art form continues to amaze and inspire today.This volume presents a broad panorama of Islamic architectural decoration in all it diversity, drawn from a vast area including Spain, North Africa, Turkey, Iran, and the Indian subcontinent. Sumptuous illustrations-- accompanied by a text that places each monument in its historical, architectural, and technological context-- conjure up a dazzling, magical world of fabulously decorated buildings, revealing the secrets of the techniques that made them possible.

Description

The Koranic proscription against human and animal imagery turned centuries of Islamic artists and architects inward, to create unmatched examples of geometric and decorative art. This lavish, authoritative book, with gorgeous photographs by Roland and Sabrina Michaud, provides an introduction and overview to, as the subtitle disarmingly puts it, "Eight Centuries of the Tile-Maker's Art." The often-anonymous Islamic artists whose work is featured here, however, were far more than tile-makers: they were astonishing draughtsmen, dazzling colorists, hypnotically inventive creators of endlessly spiraling design. The Michauds' photographs are complemented by text from the scholar Michael Barry. The book is lent increased interest by the fact that some of the landmarks featured are now off-limits to many Westerners, especially Americans.

Description

Ocean Green Tumbled Quartzite Mosaic Tiles in 1x1 Meshed on 12x12 sheets. Strictly selected; consistent in color, sizing and finish Larger quantities are readily available in full pallets and containers. Suitable for commercial and residential projects (Interior as well as exterior surface covering applications) Meets your needs at a very low cost (Item originally retails for $19.75/sq. ft. Yours is only $8.99/sq. ft.)

Features

• Due to high shipping cost on 1 sheet order, you will only be shipped 1/4 sheet sample on such order
• If you need to Order Samples, please call 1.888.908.6699. Minimum Purchase 5 sheets.
• The edges of these mosaic tiles are rounded and the surface is antiqued
• These mosaic tiles come mounted on a sturdy mesh for easy and flawless installation
• Sizes (per piece on the entire sheet): 1" (Width) X 1" (Length) X 3/8" (Thickness)

Description

A collection of photographs of the tiled domes, minarets and walls of the mosques and buildings of Islamic Asia. The tiles bear the "seven colours of heaven": ochre, turquoise, white, black, green, red and blue. The photographs are accompanied by text giving a traveller's impression of modern Afghanistan. The history of the tiles is traced from their first major appearance at the end of the 12th century, through to their apogee in the 15th century, up to the present day. The author looks at how the tiles were made and, in order to explain their symbolism, presents a translation of the celebrated verse romance "The Seven Brides of the Seven Climes" by the medieval Persian-language poet, Nezami of Ganjeh.