New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-26

WHAT AMERICANS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED
| PRODUCING WHAT HAD BEEN DECLARED To II IN
Observation-Disclosures AND ARTISTIC DESIGNS
| BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED.
t is impossible TO stamp tile in reliefn said an
EnGgiiist manufacturer little over n year AGO
| When the die il raised some of the CLAW VIII
adhere to IT, thus running the tlc.p soon after RE
London, Liverpool and Manchester AgriculIuraI
society offered gold medal for the finest hiht,nn
OF art TILES The leading manufacturers IN kngland
| competed but the medal was awarded 10 an Amer;
can Tor an exhibition of embossed tiles Of bi%b ~
| low reliut which the English manufacturers had
declared little before IT was imnossiIie to ,
iacture. Previous this English tiles had h.e
chieuy used III this country. It was Thought thar
compete with English W ares But n cbaniaa 20
iakeh place American tiles have been exported In
hn,ll Tor several months. In many costly
buildings American tiles are being used not,bIv ~
the vanderbilt houses IN lifth-ave. These tiles are
manufactured in Chelsea Mass. They are n,ajoIico
VIII ana py secret process Impressions are made
upon the raw substance IN a plastic sIofe 'Tbns
hguIes landscapes and work of all kinds are bro
unced Ia high and low relief aud the firing AMI
gia.lhS produce what IL really IA Tile picture WIN
Much OF The clay CONES from North Caropa. It
ture and of careful sitting so that the aId'a non
o .le iieS Is u me clay dust. When this is placed
, NOUNS ,nere are three general divisions of the
Nis tnat NAV be produced. The finest aud most
costly are those on which the figures or iandscane
arc arc nouellea py hand. Much less expensive are
tho tiles on which the raised designs are sjmniv
stamped. But the most delicate and graceful ' ,,r
Is seen on the tiles where flowers plants. leaves
pi,s vi fern ana seaweed, and even line lace have
Deen realistically copied from nature The exact
method 10y which this is done is kept secret.
Next 10 the work III relief, which is the main
noNelty OF these tiles Is the of glazing The
coiofed glazes are allowed To run into the 6ollows
Oh the tie, being thinner on the raised parts and
causing peculiarly rich effect. By the relief "nu
9aI's together certain effects of light and shade
lweltth-st, where these tiles are ON exbih;ti"90'
several are framed ana hung upon the vail. soma
at little distance give the effect of AN oil nain,1n
rich ana deep IN tone -Four hundred original de- e'
Signs nave been made for these plastic sketches
nal,
s SHOOTS III meadow, and Solitude represents ono
Gonr to Massp a a"ne , upon barren hillside
IN ci1isler, both IN high relief with preenIsS
fbe e. iy t'ls detaii, even TO the expression of
hess Twelve o'clock" gives a rear view of so'no
traSgh huhMg as pgs their freshly filed
nand. ono Is particularly beautiful In is 10y |
>, W nen age steals slowly on and shows IN nrotIe
henri ava nfno oi an old man with long floating
One Of the chief for these tiles Is in rho ;do
printe tiIe, we,o ehey are replacing the English
I me Two remarkable fireplace sets to Ice seen bere
vase 6IIed pi Wish gaze Is used On each side is
i ouSn ,ne FOUR or hve side tiles. On the upper |
a.e hooks OF swallows towering. This n
iTieu 10y hand from original designs The |
a,encacy and difficulty of the whole process of mad
nY,nne, mring and glazing can hardly he overrated
1ny ono attempt In four WIS successful and in |
some OF the tiles the proportion Of failures WAS
inger' another fireplace set with rich brownish
gaze shows designs Reproduced Directly from
natural objects. In the eentre above il ~ ,a ai
ner-hhe spray OF seaweed clearly imprinted IN fIe
,th fiowers leaves and ferns are impressed on
'thers along the sides. On one tile the nattern On
,lece or fine lace is distinctly shown such deIica,
as ia are1iay mad been declared impossible until
lowers are modelled IN low relief Fine 'Janansa
les gu nave YEA aso been copied One the cnrios
made without the use of the potter's wbeel snSyie
n an, you discover onr secretf7 asked a Japaness
'aS an VINO saw It, on being convinced rIat5t
ave been reproduced with such exactnessp o ~
thoe exper's. conventional designs are shown
= ohcso tlles, ana some tine heaas coned tr",a |
, nn gems and coins. tile fortytwo n a,S
ared oG bc Design has been recently
iahuiactured In addition to frepaces these sie
'i010S. "aa also IN string courses ana panels anu