Historic Tile: Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite, Arts & Crafts, Medieval: William Morris and De Morgan Tiles
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Historic Tile: Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite, Arts & Crafts, Medieval: William Morris and De Morgan Tiles
Morris
De Morgan
Arts & Crafts
Pre-Raphaelite
Victorian
Medieval
Textile Designs
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Art made by the people for the people, as a joy to the maker and the user... ~William Morris
With the arrogance of youth, I determined to do no less than to transform the world with Beauty. If I have succeeded in some small way, if only in one small corner of the world, amongst the men and women I love, then I shall count myself blessed, and blessed, and blessed, and the work goes on. ~William Morris
It grew organically but not logically. Making things easier to find is my current project. Meantime... see How this site is organized.
Abandon hopelessness, all ye who enter here...
~G.K. Chesterton
These tiles are made in the sovereign state of Oregon, USA. Some of my blanks are made in Spain, Italy, and Mexico but I don't expect that will impact prices enough to matter. No worries.
The tile you see above to the left is the accent tile I submitted for the Huntington Scholars Grove project at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. I have added it to the available Membland Accent Tiles. I adore the Huntington. When my daughter was small, we lived not far and were able to visit many times. The Huntington Museum also has one of the Edward Burne-Jones Cinderella Story Tiles made by Morris & Co. for a fireplace overmantel at The Hill (Read more about their history on the link). If you are in the area, do try to visit the Huntington, and also the Huntington Gardens. The cactus gardens is swoon-worthy. If you haven't been, don't miss the annual Huntington Gardens Plan Sale. They have things you absolutely will not find anywhere else. I bought an "orange silk" orange-red rose there, a simple deep orange rose that produced one single rose the first year, but that one rose lasted forever. It stayed in Highland Park when we moved to Flagstaff.
Art is a wound turned into light. ~Georges Braque
Some new things are on the way....
Coming soon: (None of these got done because the Scholars Grove pre-empted them.) Still coming... American Songbird and New England Wildflowers. I'll link them here when they're up.
Also working on: Updating the main section pages to make things a bit easier to find. Everything is in the site map. But if, for example, you want a large medieval backsplash, there are new categories in the Medieval Overview. Medieval is the only one done for now, but I plan to do this for all major sections.
Adding to existing offerings: Starting with Brother Rabbit kitchen and fireplace tiles, I'm looking at making Larger backsplashes along the lines of the Strawberry Thief Backsplash, Golden Lily and May Morris Acanthus backsplash and border tiles.
I am also continuing to replace, or add as an option, some the intricate pattern tiles, that are too dense on a single tile, with two-tile sets. Most of these are done now. I am really happy with this. It makes them easier to see and has been so well-received that I'm going to continue this trend.
Most Recent New Tiles (that are up): Medieval Musicians, Minstrels, and Storytellers.
Added May Morris's hand-drawn valentine that she made for George Bernard Shaw in 1886 to the May Morris section to the Jane and May Morris article. Spoiler: Her smitten-ness did not set well with her parents.
Added crackle as an option to the medieval tile sets and De Morgan Birds and Beasts. Also available on the Blue and White Tiles and many other tiles. It's shown on Kelmscott Willow, but is available on most of the tiles that have a white or parchment background, for example as the botanicals.
Added Morris's Original Willow and Willow Bough Borders Tiles to the Kelmscott Willow set.
Four-Panel De Morgan Fish Panel replacements It's not as nice as my three-panel version Persian Fish Frieze, but there have been requests so I made a four-tile version that some older homes had from 25-30 years ago. Here it is: De Morgan Four-Tile Fish Replacement Panel
A new customer installation photo of a William Morris Artichoke fireplace.
New Fireplace Installations, which appears in the latest issue of... wait for it.... Vogue. Yes, I am kinda excited about it so I keeping it up as long as I reasonably can.
Current time to ship is 2-4 weeks for most orders. We are at the edge of tile season and things are moving along at a nice pace, which is calming, all things considered. Shipping times are amazingly fast, in spite of the inclement weather across the country. As expected, larger orders may take longer.
I modified the Catalog in an attempt to make the website easier to navigate. You can drill down from the Catalog, or if you know the tile you are looking for by name, it will be listed on the Site Map.
First time here? How this Site is Organized
Visual Galleries (not up to date)
He has tinged my whole inner being with the beauty of his own, and I know not a single gift for which I owe such gratitude to heaven as his friendship.
~Edward Burne-Jones on his friendship with William Morris, in Georgiana Burne-Jones, Memorials of Edward Burne-Jones
More kitchen installation photos
Wiliam De Morgan early Art Nouveau Peacocks
Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. ~William Morris
The galleries are visual gateways to tiles in the general area mentioned. Options such as size, color, and other variations are shown on the individual product pages. (This section desperately needs updating. Please forgive.)
William Morris Tiles from Textiles
Victorian Blue and White Tiles
De Morgan Tile Borders and Backsplashes
William Morris Red House and Early Tiles
Medieval Maps and Bestiary Tiles
Medieval Book of Hours and Herbals
Scottish, Glasgow Arts & Crafts, Jessie M. King, Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Fairy Tales and Victorian Nursery
But really, it's getting away from me....
I've started work on nests, kitchen herbs, and possibly even more fish. Kitchen herbs are probably more important but I am enjoying the nests. Meanwhile, do see the Ladies' Flower Garden of Ornamental Annuals
If these seem like a good idea, encourage me.
Victorian tea room tiles.
Accent tiles to accompany the Monoceros Star Map backsplash.
Medieval Story Tiles
I say to you that earth and heaven are not two but one; and this one is that which ye know, and are each one of you a part of.... unless ye slay it. ~William Morris, A Dream of John Ball
William Morris 'The Forest' Backsplash and Border Tiles
william de morgan tile gallery
victorian blue and white, ships and not floral
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