Description:
glazed paving and wall tiles, Spanish and Italian
Date of Artwork: 16th century

Notes: This is a fine example of embellishment added to a simple polygonal tessellation.

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Book:
Racinet, Auguste. Full-Color Picture Sourcebook of Historic Ornament: All 120 Plates from "L'Ornement Polychrome," Series II. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1989.
Location:
Plate 89

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