Lot 90
MORRIS & CO.
DESIGN FOR A TILE, 'THE MINSTREL'
£756
Auction: 19 April 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
pencil on tracing paper, framed
Dimensions
26cm x 12.5cm
Footnote
Note: In the painted paper technique of tile decoration the design was drawn on tracing paper which was pasted onto a sheet of glass. On the other side of the glass, a square of thin paper was attached. The sheet of glass was set up in front of a window, so the lines of the pattern were easily visible on the thin paper. The painter then filled the design with pigment. The finished copy was placed face down on the surface of a tile blank, adhered with sodium silicate and sprinkled with powdered glaze before being placed in the kiln. In the kiln, the pigment fused with the glaze and became imprinted on the tile, the paper burning away.
