Victorian Encaustic Floor Tiles

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Victorian encaustic floor tiles.

Taking inspiration from victorian tiled floors these victoriana encaustic effect porcelain floor tiles are a perfect option for adding a touch of colour and plenty of wow factor to your floor. Stove tiles meant to retain the heat of the stove were sometimes as much as several inches thick. We sell plain tiles encaustic tiles tiles for indoor use and for outdoor use. The most common problems encountered are.

Choose your design and colours then send us your floor plan. Victorian encaustic hall floor tiles. Encaustic tiles originally referred to patterned unglazed ceramic floor tiles where the colours came from the natural colours of the clay used with the colour running all through the tile. We specialize in english made victorian geometric encaustic and traditional floor and wall tiles.

Our decorative encaustic tiles are shown in a variety of different patterns in different colourways. Black and white path tiles. Encaustic floor tiles were first developed in england around the middle of the 12th century. Paint spills and encrustation s of other coatings.

The repeating decorative pattern is enhanced by using traditional clay colours in a combination that although subtle adds enough colour and depth to give that designer feel a real talking point of the. The tiles were made by cistercian monks for the decoration of their places of worship this practice continued for some 400 years until the closure of the last monasteries by henry viii in 1540. Victorian octagon and dot tiles. Grease oil or rust stains.

From the 1860s geometric and encaustic tiled floors started to appear in public buildings churches and the more expensive victorian villas their rise to fashion was assured by their use in such prestigious buildings as the victoria and albert museum and by the 1890s they had become an essential feature in the most ordinary victorian terraced houses from dover to aberdeen. Ancient coatings of waxes and linseed oil which have absorbed into. Victorian ceramic path tiles. Medieval floor tiles were usually one inch thick.

We can also supply bespoke tile sizes and shapes which is perfect for any restoration projects where you are looking to match and replace missing or broken tiles on a victorian patterned floor. Dull dirty appearance due to over a hundred years of wear and tear. They add a certain grandeur to the floors of period houses. Classic victorian path tile design.

Our encaustic tiles or inset tiles designs date back to medieval times but were reintroduced in the victorian era. Encaustic tiles of the victorian era tended to be slightly thinner. Floor tiles were thicker and harder than wall or ceiling tiles.