Historic Tile: Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite, Arts & Crafts, Medieval: William Morris and De Morgan Tiles
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Art made by the people for the people, as a joy to the maker and the user... ~William Morris
Abandon hopelessness, all ye who enter here... ~G.K. Chesterton
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Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. ~William Morris
William De Morgan fireplace 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)
De Morgan Borders and Backsplashes
Ongoing additions to the bestiary:
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
Art Nouveau Water Lily and Lotus
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
Fall is definitely here. For awhile at least, I'll be updating this chat section more often, instead of monthly or bi-monthly. I seem to have a lot to say.
At the end of September, I sent off some black parrots for a fireplace. It will be quite awhile before they are installed, but when it happens, I will post pictures almost immediately.
The William De Morgan Blue Weavers installation photos I mentioned awhile back have arrived. There is both a border and a backsplash.
The Four Queens are now available with additional colors. Eggplant is a lovely color, whose charms I have only recently come to appreciate. The web does not do it justice.
The big project before this was:
I have redone the Golden Lily backsplash to make it more scalable. By that, I mean that it is seamless in both directions allowing you to add rows and columns to fit the size of your space. Golden Lily has a 12-base size, but rows and columns can be added in both directions. I'm letting it headline a bit longer because it took so long.
That was part of July and all of August. But seamless backsplashes are the future because they are scaleable in both directions and accommodate more spaces. I've done this with a four-tile base in Acanthus border and backsplash.
Earlier this year, I modified the Strawberry Thief backsplash in two foregroundcolors. All the many background colors are available with either of the backsplashes. The complete individual Strawberry Thief patterns, named after cats I have known, are still available and do tile seamlessly.
The Strawberry Thief backsplash in blue:
But really, it's getting away from me....
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 (two new)
Fireplaces (one new)
Stairs and Accents (one new)
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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