Lot 88

DUTCH
'TULIP & CARNATION' FRAMED FOUR-TILE PANEL, CIRCA 1880








Auction: The Art of the Tile : The Michael Blood Collection | Wed 15th October from 10am
Description
tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
each tile 13cm square (frame size 28.7cm square)
Provenance
The Michael Blood Collection, see lot 1 for more details
Footnote
Literature: Myers R. & H. William Morris Tiles, Richard Dennis 1996, p. 117, fig. 204, no. 489 where an example of these tiles is illustrated.
This tile pattern was used by Morris & Co. and appeared in their catalogues. It was used by Morris for a fireplace at Kelmscott Manor and the firm used it at The Hill, home of Miles Birkett Foster.







