The decorated tile
Subtitle: an illustrated history of English tile-making and design
By: J & B Austwick.
Contributors: Austwick, B.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Tiles -- England -- History
Description: Since the potters of the ancient world discovered the fine art of decorating the thin slabs of clay that we now call tiles, their use has become so widespread and their applications so varied, that there is a danger of taking them for granted, and yet the reasons for their universal acceptance have changed little since the ancient the ancient Egyptians and the Babylonians erected their monuments to the glory of their Kings and deities.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 157.
Includes index.