Panel of four tiles, framed

Attributed to Christopher Dresser British, Scottish
 Manufactory Campbell Brick & Tile Co. British

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These tiles are decorated with inlaid colored clays in a technique that is known as encaustic. Tiles of this type were highly popular in nineteenth-century Britain, and were used extensively in Gothic Revival churches as well as domestic interiors. The simple patterns executed in two or more colored clays created a highly decorative effect with an economy of means.

Panel of four tiles, framed, Attributed to Christopher Dresser (British, Glasgow, Scotland 1834–1904 Mulhouse), Earthenware with inlaid colored clays (encaustic), British, Stoke-upon-Trent

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Panel of four tiles, framed, Attributed to Christopher Dresser (British, Glasgow, Scotland 1834–1904 Mulhouse), Earthenware with inlaid colored clays (encaustic), British, Stoke-upon-Trent
Panel of four tiles, framed, Attributed to Christopher Dresser (British, Glasgow, Scotland 1834–1904 Mulhouse), Earthenware with inlaid colored clays (encaustic), British, Stoke-upon-Trent
Panel of four tiles, framed, Attributed to Christopher Dresser (British, Glasgow, Scotland 1834–1904 Mulhouse), Earthenware with inlaid colored clays (encaustic), British, Stoke-upon-Trent
Panel of four tiles, framed, Attributed to Christopher Dresser (British, Glasgow, Scotland 1834–1904 Mulhouse), Earthenware with inlaid colored clays (encaustic), British, Stoke-upon-Trent

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