Historic Tile: Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite, Arts & Crafts, Medieval: William Morris and De Morgan Decorative Tile
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If I were asked to say what is at once the most important production of Art and the thing most to be longed for, I should answer, A beautiful House. ~William Morris
Happy Father's Day, Daddy. Thank you for everything.
Abandon hopelessness, all ye who enter here. ~G.K. Chesterton
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All William Morris blue and white tiles
The featured tile changes once or twice a week.
There are substantial discounts on featured tiles on the days they are featured. See How to Order Tile.
These are the most recent tiles, in reverse order. I add new tile designs less frequently during tile season.
Strawberry Thief Backsplash and Border Tiles
Thistle (attributed to Dearle, but probably Kate Faulkner)
Glessner House Fireplace Tiles
Added a backsplash and new accent tile to De Morgan Parrots and Macaws.
Added white and cobalt variations to William De Morgan Peacock Small Borders.
Ongoing additions to the bestiary:
Back and Company's Old Snap Spirits dragon added to Victorian and Folklore Dragon
Brought back Limited Edition murals to Tres Riches Heures Labors of the Months tile set (12 months, 6 tiles).
Victorian Medieval:
Monoceros Star Map backsplash. Beware of unicorns in the sky.
Botanicals: Ladies Flower Garden of Ornamental Annuals
Edward Burne-Jones, Doorkeeper
Added border option to Lewis Carroll Fireplace tiles
Additional Colors to Peacock and Carnation Border Tiles
Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh 'Four Queens'
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.
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
Strawberry Thief accent tiles have and will continue to be available in several variations on 6 and 8 inch tiles. For June, I've added two Strawberry Thief backsplashes as well as border tiles. The backsplashes will be available on 4.25, 6, and 8 inch tiles, so you could have Strawberry Thief as wide as 56 inches, with a 3 inch border.
In designing Strawberry Thief, William Morris was inspired by the thrushes darting in and out of the strawberries in the medieval kitchen garden that he and Jane had created at Kelmscott Manor.
I'll have Strawberry Thief border and backsplash tiles up in a day or so, and will link it here and all the usual places. For now, the backsplash is only available in the colorways shown.
I also completed Chicago's Historic Glessner fireplace tiles (De Morgan Carnations). The museum may be offering single tiles in small cobalt variation. Since I have minimum order sizes, which is not great for Arts & Crafts tile collectors, so this may work out well even if you never visit Chicago. I'll update that here as I know more.
I hope to wrap some of these up by mid-month. However, we're going into tile season, and making tiles pre-empts new work, so perhaps not.
I'll also add a Thistle to California native wildflowers.
I've started work on nests, kitchen herbs, and possibly 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
Baths (one new)
Kitchens (four new)
Fireplaces (one new)
Stairs and Accents (one new)
I have moved to a more secure server which seems to be quite a bit faster as well. I think everything is working as it should, but if you run into difficulty and have a moment, please tell me so I can fix it.
Notifications I don't send notification emails because people get enough impersonal emails.If I have your mailing address, I will send an occasional postcard featuring a tile with an interesting backstory. I intend that these will be pretty enough for bookmarks and not make their way immediately to a landfill.
You can get updates on featured tiles at William Morris Tile as well as on Twitter and Facebook.
Featured tiles are posted on this website, Facebook, Morris Tile on Twitter,and Pinterest. Featured tiles are discounted while they are featured.
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
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Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. ~William Morris
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