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The Mosaic Tile Company's Works, Zanesville, O.
An illustrated description of the Mosaic Tile Company plant and the process of making Herman Mueller's patented mosaic encaustic tiles. Written in 1897.
The International Tile Company by Susan Ingham Padwee
A brief history of the International Tile Company of Brooklyn, NY (1883-c.1891) with illustrations. The ITC was the only U.S. tile company organized and financed in Britain.
The Fort Pitt Hotel, Pittsburg, PA.
Descriptions of the Norse and English Rooms in the Fort Pitt Hotel in Pittsburgh, written in 1910.
The Flint Sit-Down Strike Memorial
A brief history and description of Johan Sellenraad's four tile murals created in 1987 for the 50th Anniversary of the Flint, MI Sit-Down strike.
The Display Rooms of a Tile Manufactory by Leon V. Solon
An article about the American Encaustic Tiling Company showrooms on East Forty-First Street in Manhattan, written by the company's artistic director in 1922.
The Ceramic Tiles and Murals of Jean Nison
A discussion of the ceramic tile murals of Jean Nison (b. 1922), who is an almost-forgotten mid-20th century modern ceramic artist. Nison was active from the early 1950s through the mid-1960s. Some of her commissions included the Tichenor residence…
The American Terra Cotta & Ceramic Co., Terra Cotta, Ill.
A description of the plant, employees and owners of the American Terra Cotta Company.
The American Encaustic Tiling Company
A brief description of the history and products of this company written in 1897.
Subway Ornamentation in New York City
The New York City subway system had different styles of ceramic ornamentation under different supervising architects and at different periods of time. This article illustrates the different ceramic ornamentation in the subway system.
Station at Scranton, Pa. for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railway
This article is about the building of the D, L & W station and illustrates some of the Grueby tile panels in the passenger waiting room. The article was written in 1908. A contemporary article about the Grueby tile panels by Richard Mohr can be…