Pavement tiles

16th century

Not on view

Polychrome tiles had long been made in Spain in the cuerda seca (dry cord) technique, dating to the Muslim Almohad dynasty, in which colors were kept from running together during firing by a line of grease drawn between them. This method was not always successful, however, as the blurred outlines in some of these tiles indicate.

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Provenance

Title: Pavement tiles
Date: 16th century
Culture: Spanish, Seville
Medium: Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions: Each tile: 3 1/8 × 3 1/8 in. (7.9 × 7.9 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1894
Object Number: 94.4.444a–d
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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