Four late medieval floor tiles
Artikel nummer: MF1974
Land: France
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Datering: Date: XV century
Afmeting: 12.7x 12.7 x 2.5 cm
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Four late medieval tiles decorated with fleur-de-lis design within a large circle, it seems the large fleur-de-lis are flanked with two small face on each tile!. A small tree as corner filling ending in a smaller fleur-de-lis. Typical decoration of the department of Aisne in the north of france. This area has lots of good yellow and red clay to make tiles. This type of tiles was used a lot by the order of St. Augustine in amongst other places, Laon, Premontre and Etampes. Fine examples of tiles from this area can be seen at: L'église de La Chapelle-Monthodon. A book on tiles from Aisne department can be found online, "Etude sur le pavage emaille dans le department de L'aisne" by Edouard Fleury published in 1855. Mail me for a link to the book online. Provenance of these tiles is a French private collection. All tiles have been thoroughly cleaned by the previous owner and have the same signs to the back which I cannot identify. Three tiles are in excellent condition and one tile glued. Most of the surface covered by the origional glaze, surface is a bit uneven and the tiles have some minor chips to surface and sides. Different shades of brown clay, two light and two darker tiles.