Panel of four tiles, framed

Campbell Brick & Tile Co.|Christopher Dresser

ca. 1880 · Earthenware with inlaid colored clays (encaustic) · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

These tiles are decorated with inlaid colored clays in a technique that is known as encaustic. Tiles of this type were highly popular in nineteenth-century Britain, and were used extensively in Gothic Revival churches as well as domestic interiors. The simple patterns executed in two or more colored clays created a highly decorative effect with an economy of means.

Artist

Campbell Brick & Tile Co.|Christopher Dresser

Date

ca. 1880

Medium

Earthenware with inlaid colored clays (encaustic)

Culture

British, Stoke-upon-Trent

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Anonymous Gift, 2017