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Spanish

Tile, 1500s

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Spanish

Title

Tile

Year

1500s

Medium

Earthenware with glaze

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • clay products

Dimensions

13.5 x 14 x 2.5 cm (5 5/16 x 5 1/2 x 1 inches)

Type

  • Ceramics

Credit

Gift of Eleanor Fayerweather

Object Number

57.268

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

It Comes in Many Forms

October 23, 2020 - December 18, 2021

Heavily chipped on its surface, this tile was made in what is now Spain after the fall of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada (1238–1492). Almost 800 years of Muslim rule ended when the Christian Crown of Castile conquered the Iberian Peninsula, but many Islamic influences remain in the region today. This includes the cuerda seca (dry cord) technique, adopted from Central Asian ceramicists in the 1300s. Artists create geometric patterns by painting thin lines of resistive wax, which prevent colored glazes from running together during the firing process. This tile would be grouped with identical ones to create an alicatado (mosaic), admirable both up close and from a distance as decoration on palace walls and ceilings.

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