Lot 83
WILLIAM DE MORGAN (1839-1917)
FOUR RARE 'FOUR TILE CARNATION' TILES, CIRCA 1880
Auction: 26 October 2016 at 12:00 BST
£3,750
Description
early Chelsea period on Poole Architectural blanks , mounted on a board (4)
Dimensions
each tile 15.5cm square
Footnote
Literature: Catleugh, Jon 'William de Morgan Tiles', 2002, p. 44, pl. II, p. 79, pl. 86 and p. 66
Note: This rare four-tile design is one of the most complex De Morgan produced. An example of its use can be seen in a marble fireplace designed by Richard Norman Shaw around 1879.