Selected Art-Deco tile images for your visual pleasure.
The term Art-Deco is derived from the 1925 exhibition in Paris entitled "Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes". The style being mainly geometric, simplified designs often executed in matt or eggshell finish glaze.
(M001) Dust pressed, 8 x 6 in, some tube lining, matt overglaze decoration, marked BCM/MALKIN England. c.1925.	(M087) Dust pressed, 4 x 4 inch, stencilled with matt overglaze colours and gilded, marked BCM/T & R B 932 B Made in England (with the greyhound device of T and R Boote), September 1932.
(M223) Dust pressed, 6 x 6 in, moulded design of a stylised leaf/flower, distinctive reverse, Rhodes Tile Co, c.1915.	(M188) Dust pressed, 6 x 6 in, moulded design of a stylised Viking longboat under sails and oars, moulded mark sitting greyhound surrounded by laurel leaves with a crown above, moulded Regd. England below, T&R Boote, c.1930. T&R Boote are not well known for 'moulded picture' tiles, but this pleasant example shows how well they were able to make such tiles.
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