Bulletin ECTC
Belgium
Newsletter Tile and Mosaic News - A periodic electronic newsletter with a selection of new and second-hand books about tiles (including mosaics and architectural ceramics). To be added to the mailing-list, send an e-mail to Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken. ; Buckland Books, Holly Tree House, 18 Woodlands Road, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 5PP. Tel/Fax +44-1903-717.648.
Magazine Glazed Expressions, the Magazine of the Tiles & Architectural Ceramics Society (TACS), published 3 times a year.
No. 46, Spring 2003, 20 pages. Articles include: ‘Postwar Tile Panels, An endangered species?’ (Lynn Pearson); ‘The Gordon Cullen Ceramic Murals: Lower Precinct, Coventry. Part 1’ (Alan Swale); ‘Interview with ceramic artist, Kate Malone’ (Penny Beckett).
No. 47, Summer 2003, 20 pages. Articles include: ‘The Victoria Baths, Manchester’ (Gill Wright); ‘Dutch Tiles with figures on horseback in Tredegar House, Wales’ (Wilhelm Joliet); ‘St John's Episcopal Church, Jedburgh’ (Lynn Pearson); ‘The Gordon Cullen Ceramic Murals: Lower Precinct, Coventry. Part 2’ (Alan Swale). Book reviews; Visit reports; Collectors’ Corner; events and news from the Society.
Send contributions to the Production Editor Penny Beckett, 24 Beacon Drive, West Kirby, Wirral CH487ED or e mail: Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken.
Enquiries about membership: TACS, Roger Hensman, 37 Mosley Road, Timperley, Altrincham WA15 7TF. E-mail: Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken. ; www.tilesoc.org.uk
Journal Journal - Annual of the Tiles & Architectural Ceramics Society (TACS), Hans van Lemmen (Ed.), vol. 9, 2003, 40 pp. Articles include: ‘Henry Chapman Mercer’s Tile collection’ (Linda F. Dyke); ‘Memorial and commemorative tiles in nineteenth and early twentieth century churches’ (Lynn F. Pearson); ‘A munificent benefaction: Godwin tiles in St Peter’s church, Hereford’ (Margaret A.V. Gill); ‘Gilbert Elliott and the Muskingum County (Ohio) Courthouse Floors, A case study of England’s role in the genesis of America’s tile industry’ (Michael Sims). Contact and information addresses: see previous item.
Antique Tile Fair "Bring, buy, sell or swap tiles" on Saturday October 11th 2003, 1.00 - 4.30 pm at St. Jude’s Church Hall, Mapperley, Nottingham. After the Sale, enrolled TACS members are welcome to view the tile collection of Michael Blood - about 2000 tiles. An organisation of the TACS. Details and enrolment from Michael Blood, Nottingham, tel. +44-0115-960.8502.
Exhibition In Victoria & Albert Museum, London. From January 2004: a group of previously unseen tile panels, including works by the potter Heber Mathews, and a series of panels produced by Spanish manufacturer Gonzalez Valls for the Great Exhibition, 1851.
Book WAKELING, A.L. & MOON, Peter - Tiles of Tragedy, Brightlingsea’s Unique Maritime Memorial, Ellar Publications, 2nd revised edition, 2003, 84pp, illus. throughout in b&w. A collection of over 200 memorial tiles in the Parish Church of All Saints, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating the deaths of local people lost at sea. Order from Buckland Books. £ 5,95.
Book LEBOFF, David - The underground stations of Leslie Green, Capital Transport, 2002, 96pp, 185 col. ill., 30 historic b&w ill. Most of London’s early 20th c. underground stations were designed by the architect Leslie Green between 1903 and 1907. He decorated some 40 stations with early 20th c. English tiles from Maw and Co, a.o. Order from Buckland Books, £ 16,95
France
Book BALANDA, de, Élisabeth & ECHEVARRIA, Armando Uribe. - Les Metamorphoses de l’Azure, l’art de l’azulejo dans le monde latin, Ars Latina, 2003, 466pp, 204 full colour plates. Revised and enlarged edition of a book first edited in 1994, and which covers tin-glazed tiles from their earliest appearance to the present day. Order from Buckland Books: £ 79,00.
Book ROSEN, J. (ed.) - Majoliques Européennes, reflets de l’estampe Lyonnaise (XVIe-XVIIe siècles), Éditions Faton, Dijon, 2003, 188pp, 220 ill of which 100 in colour. Actes des journées d’études internationales «Estampes et majoliques au XVIe siècle» (Rome 1996/Lyon 1997) organised by Deswarte-Rosa, Sylvie, CNRS Lyon. ISBN 2-87844-056-0. € 60,00. Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken.
Catalogue FIOCCO, C., GHERARDI, G., SFEIR-FAKHRI, L - Majoliques Italiennes du Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Lyon, Éditions Faton, Dijon, 2001, 341 pp. Overview of the Italian production centres illustrated through 204 prestigious majolica pieces of the ‘Collection Paul Gillet’. Fully illustrated in colour. ISBN 2-87844-046-3. € 90,00. Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken. ; www.faton.fr
Book PILLET, Marc - La splendeur des sols Français du XIe au XXe siècle, Massin Editeur, 2002, 256pp, over 250 col. ill. Covers all forms of flooring including mosaics, tiles (quarry, terracotta, inlaid, impressed, dust-pressed encaustic, cement, tin-glazed, etc), marble, stone, wood and terrazzo. Order from Buckland Books. £ 39,00.
Book CARTIER, Jean - Faïences du Beauvaisis au XIXe siècle. Manufacture de St. Paul et de l’Italienne, Somogy, Paris, 2002. Multiple references to tin glazed tiles. Information from: G.R.E.C.B., Prof. Jean Cartier, 8 avenue Victor Hugo, F-6000 Beauvais.
Bulletin Les informations de l'ABRC - Association Bourguignonne de Recherches Céramiques, n° 33 & 34, March & June 2003, 4 pages each. Edited by ABRC, rue Dr. Maret 5, 21000 Dijon. Ceramic exhibitions, events, publications in France and abroad.
Article GARRIC, J.-M. et PRADALIER, H. - 'Une découverte récente: les pavements gothiques du Palais de la Berbie à Albi', in: Mémoires de la Société Archéologique du Midi de la France, LXII, 2002, p. 61-90. (Copied from Les informations de l’ABRC, n° 33).
Internet www.ceramique.com/cerambooks/index.html Enter keyword ‘carreau’ to obtain a booklist on tiles to be ordered on-line.
Germany
Article HAMBURG, Ulli - '100 Jahre Boizenburger Wandplatten', in: Trödler.
Collectors meeting The 3rd German “Sammlertreffen” will be held on Saturday, September 20, 2003 in Frankfurt, Broßstr. 6. Information: Ulli Hamburg, Bredderstraße 2, D-42477 Radevormwald, tel.: +48 02195/5679. E-mail: Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken.
Exhibition “100 Jahre Boizenburger Wandplatten”, in: Erstes Deutsches Fliesenmuseum Boizenburg e.V., Reichenstraße 4, 19258 Boizenburg. Tel./fax +48 (03 88 47) 538 81. From June 21, 2003 untill end of June 2004.
Study JOLIET, Wilhelm - Rotterdamer Fliesen im Wilstermarsch-Zimmer des Museums für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 56 pp, private edition by W. Joliet, Postfach 3243, D-53627 Königswinter. € 4,50 + p&p. Study of 54 tiles depicting mythological scenes, tiles with scenic designs or landscapes. Most of them are based on prints and/or stencils in Rotterdams Gemeentemuseum.
Article JOLIET, Wilhelm - ‘Niederländische Fliesen in Schloss Oranienbaum’, in: Oranienbaum - Huis van Oranje, Wiedererweckung eines anhaltischen Fürstenschlosses Oranische Bildnisse aus fünf Jahrhunderten. Catalogue of the exhibition in Oranienbaum castle, 14.06-24.08.2003. Kataloge und Schriften der Kulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz, Band 21, p. 76-87. ISBN 3-422-06419-2. Tel. 0340-646150, fax 0340-6461510. E-mail: Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken. ; www.gartenreich.com Catalogue price: € 49,90.
Book DOSCHKA, Roland - Marc Chagall: Ceramic Masterpieces, Prestel, Germany, 2003, English edition, 176pp, 96 colour plates, 12 b&w ill. Includes a number of Chagall’s tiles, tile panels and plaques. Order from Buckland Books: £ 42,00.
The Netherlands
Annual TEGEL 31, Vrienden Nederlands Tegelmuseum, September 2003, 52 pages, Dutch, English summaries. Articles include: ‘Majolicategels uit het kasteel van Egmont te Zottegem, België’ (Frans Caignie en Tony Oost), ‘Majolicanijverheid in Dordrecht’ (Arend Jan Gierveld), ‘De brouwersputstoel op tegels’ (J. Ayolt Brongers), ‘Symmetrie in Drente’ (A. Blaauw), ‘De twee laurierbomen: de laatste Amsterdamse tegelbakkerij, 1808-ca.1854’ (Wim van de Loo, Jaap Rohof † en Jan Pluis), ‘Het koek en zoopje’ (Lida Brouwer-Brand), ‘Sectiel van de Porceleyne Fles. De ultieme tegel, maar niet voor verzamelaars’ (Bart Verbrugge), ‘Een tegel die er uit springt’ (Gerard D. Liefhebber), Bibliography 2002-2003. € 7,00.
Order from: Het Nederlands Tegelmuseum, Eikenzoom 12, 6731 BH Otterlo. Tel. +31-318-591.519, Fax -592.000. Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken.
Book series Fries Aardewerk (Frisian Earthenware) extended with two more volumes.
Deel III: Tichelaar-Makkum 1700-1880 (Part III: ...), Pieter Jan Tichelaar, 2003, ca. 220 pages, ca. 200 col. ill, ca. € 45,-.
Deel IV: Tichelaar-Makkum 1880-1965 (Part IV: ...), Pieter Jan Tichelaar, e.a., 2003, ca. 240 pp, ca. 200 col. ill, ca. € 45,-.
Deel V: Harlingen, Bedrijfsgeschiedenis & Producten 17de eeuw (Part V: Harlingen, history of the company & the products 17th century), Arend Jan Gierveld en Jan Pluis, 2004, ca. 250 pp, ca. 200 col. ill,. ca. € 45,-.
Deel VI: Harlingen Producten 1720-1933 (Part VI: Harlingen, Products 1720-1933), Jan Pluis, e.a., 2004, ca. 300 pp, ca. 400 col. ill, ca. € 50,-.
(Part I: Kingma-Makkum & Part II: Bolsward still available).
Information folder & order form from: Primavera Pers, Van 't Hoffstraat 33, 2313 SN Leiden, tel. +31 (0)71 5144-482, fax: -372, e-mail: Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken.
Catalogue Various authors - De Swaen, Nederlands Tegelmuseum, 2003, 95pp, Dutch text. Catalogue of an exhibition ‘Tiles and majolica from Gouda’ in Otterlo & Gouda (see bulletin n° 16). Order from Nederlands Tegelmuseum (adress see above). € 16,50.
Exhibition catalogue Hung-chi Miao (ed.) - Condensing Time and Light into Ceramic: Old Tiles from Taiwan and the Netherlands, Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan, January 2003, parallel English and Chinese texts, 176pp, more than 400 col. ill. Catalogue of an exhibition of Japanese tiles from Taiwan and Dutch tiles with illustrations of animals from the Dutch Tile Museum in Otterlo, Taipei / Otterlo, 2003. Order from the Nederlands Tegelmuseum (address see above). € 35,00.
Auction catalogue Hessink’s Veilingen, Catalogus Antiek- & Verzamelveiling ‘APIS’, 14 maart 2003. Tegels, haardstenen & aardewerk, a.o. Collectie ‘Dokter C. van Tijen’. Lots 4001-4794, p. 64-111 & color pages 27-60. Order from: Hessink’s Veilingen - Willemsvaart 18 - 8019 AB Zwolle, tel./fax: +31 (0)38-4232429 or Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken. ; www.hessink.nl
Spain
Article Lluís Gelpí i Vintró - 'Lorenzo Madrid, dates, setting and circumstances, Part 2', in: Butlletí Informatiu de Ceràmica, n° 75-76, July-December 2002; a publication of the Associació Catalana de Ceràmica Decorada i Terrissa, Sant Honorat 7, 08002 Barcelona, Catalan text. Information on tiles related ceramics, panorama & book reviews.
Book AA,VV: Arqueologia del pavimento cerámico desde la edad media al siglo XIX, Asociacion de Ceramología, 2003, 416pp, 100 prints, 150 col. ill. ISBN 84-930239-2-2. Asociacion de Ceramología, c/Sagrari 22, 46940 Manises (Valencia). € 24,00.
Museum guide Petita història del Museu de l’Enrajolada, 2002. Printed for the 125th anniversary of the Museum. Order : L’Enrajolada, casa-museu Santacana, C/ Francesc Santacana 15, 08760 Martorell. Tel. 34 93 775 55 46. Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken.
Varia
Index Mitteilungsblatt Keramik-Freunde der Schweiz - Bulletin des Amis Suisses de la Céramique, n° 115, December 2002, 80 pages. This edition contains an index of the bulletins n° 1-112 (1946-1999) covering articles on porcelain, stone-ware, faience, cream-colored ware, earthenware, stove-tiles and few on tiles. Several referenced subjects have a relation to tiles. Index by author and by keyword. Index of book reviews, exhibitions, in memoriam, homage texts. Order from: Pierre Beller, Kassier, Le Tronchet, F-71330 Frangy en Bresse, France. CHF 40,00 + CHF 8,00 p&p. Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken.
Book SCHAAP, Ella, B. - Delft Ceramics at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. With an essay by Hans van Lemmen, Philadelphia, November 2003. ISBN 0-87633-168-1, 92 pp, 53 ill, 36 in color. Distributed by Antique Collectors’ Club Ltd.
Book TJERNSTRÖM, Sofia - Keramik I Arkitekturen, Byggförlaget, Sweden, 2003, Swedish text, English summary, 320pp, 207 col. ill. A survey of all forms of Scandinavian architectural ceramic from stove tiles to roof tiles, chimney pots to mosaics, bricks to terracotta, ancient to modern; illustrated with examples of most of Europe. Order from Buckland Books, £ 29,95.
Internet http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/ceratile.htm Selected bibliography on Ceramic Tiles and Architectural Terra Cotta, Encyclopedia Smithsonian, prepared by the Smithsonian Institute, Washington.
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Belgium
Book Dumortier, Claire, introduction by J.V.G. Mallet - Céramique de la Renaissance à Anvers, De Venise à Delft, Coédition Racine, Bruxelles - Editions de l’amateur, Paris, 2002. ISBN 2-87386-284-X, 280 pages, 92 col. ill., 107 b/w ill. French text. Order from: Uitgeverij Lannoo nv, Kasteelstraat 97, 8700 Tielt, tel. +32 (0)51/42.42.11, fax /40.11.52. € 79,95. An unknown but fascinating chapter of European ceramics; with a complete iconography and a dictionary of potters. Early in the 16th century some majolica potters, coming from Venice, settled down in Antwerp and established potteries that produced luxury dishes, floor and wall tiles, albarellos, etc. for more than one century. Due to the invasion of China porcelain, the Antwerp majolica potters converted into faience productions and left for Holland (Delft) where they founded new production centres.
Lecture "Belgian Art Nouveau and Art Deco tiles" - Lecture in Dutch by Mario Baeck, illustrated with slides, Thursday March 27, 20.00h., in: Cultuurkelder Boekhandel De Groene Waterman, Wolstraat 7, 2000 Antwerp. Mario Baeck, author of a pioneering study of this kind of tiles, will focus on historical and stylistic development, discus the social-economic aspects, various techniques and competing materials, and inform on conservation of this neglected part of our architectural patrimony. Entrance fee € 6,00. Subscription and payment prior to March 20 by e-mail: Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken. or tel. +32 (0)3/232.35.31
Museum re-opening On June 8, 2003 the Abbey Museum Ten Duinen 1138 will re-open at Koksijde after having undergone a thorough renovation. The museum focuses on the history of the monastic order of Cîteaux with special attention on the bricks and tile production of the Cistercians in the Low Countries. Ten Duinen 1138, Koninklijke Prinslaan 8, 8670 Koksijde, tel. +32 (0)58/52.16.85, fax /51.00.61. E-mail: Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken.
ENGLAND
Catalogue Pearson, Alice & Catleugh, Jon - The ceramics of William de Morgan, Blackwell/Lakeland Arts Trust, 2002, 80 pp, 69 col. ill. The catalogue of an exhibition being held in the Arts and Crafts Movement house, Blackwell, in Cumbria until December 2002. A record of some of de Morgan’s finest work including 91 tiles. Available from Buckland Books, Holly Tree House, 18 Woodlands Road, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 5PP. Tel/Fax +44 1903/717.648, Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken. ; £ 10.00.
Books on Russian tiles Buckland Books has acquired a number of new and second-hand books on tiles from Russia: Khiva; Ornamentation in Uzbek architecture; Russian (stove) tiles; The mausoleum of Hodji Ahmed Yasevi; a.o. Address: see above.
Newsletter TACtile, Tiles & Architectural Ceramics Society (TACS), nbr 60 and 61 (September & December 2002): events and news from the Society. Enquiries about membership: TACS, Roger Hensman, 37 Mosley Road, Timperley, Altrincham WA15 7TF.
Magazine TACS, Glazed Expressions, number 45, Autumn 2002, 12 pages. Article subjects: 'Swan Tile Works, Liverpool' (Penny Beckett); 'New decoration techniques on tin-glazed tiles' (Hans van Lemmen); www.tilesoc.org.uk 'Tacs Database reaches 5000 entries' (Lynn Pearson); 'Carter & Co. and the first screen printed tiles' (Alan Swale).
The Tiles and Architectural Ceramics society has altered its publications policy. From 2003 the newsletter is to be incorporated into a revised format, 16 pages, Glazed Expressions. GE will be published three times a year: spring, summer and autumn. The production editor is Penny Beckett, 24 Beacon Drive, West Kirby, Wirral CH48 7ED. E-mail address: Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken. The consultant editor is Hans van Lemmen. In addition, the Tile Society's peer referenced publication, the TACS Journal, will be published once a year and edited, as before, by Hans van Lemmen, 3 Castle View, Stonegate Road, Leeds LS17 5BY, e mail: Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken.
Book Parmelee, Cullen W. - Ceramic glazes, third edition, 1973, 610pp, format 24x16, b/w ill., ISBN 0-8436-0609-6, € 140,00. A completely revised study of and guide to the understanding, use and application of glazes.
France
Bulletin Les informations de l'ABRC - Association Bourguignonne de Recherches Céramiques, n° 32, September 2002, 4 pages. Edited by ABRC, rue Dr. Maret 5, 21000 Dijon. Ceramic exhibitions, events, publications in France and abroad. Tel./fax +33 03/80.53.61.71. E-mail: Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken. . Next three entries were copied from this Bulletin.
Catalogue Un art des sens: L’azulejo au Portugal, edited by the city hall of Paris. Ca. 50pp, € 15,00. Catalogue of an exhibition held until September 2002 in the ‘Hôtel de Ville de Paris’, 5 rue Lobeau, tel. +33 01/42.76.40.66.
Article Bosc-Tiesse, Claire - 'Musée de l’homme: la décoration de carreaux de faïence hollandais d’une église royale éthiopienne au XVIIIe siècle (Qwesqwam, Gondar)', in: Revue du Louvre, n° 3 (2002).
Book Couranjou, Jean - Les carreaux de faïence de la Régence Turque d’Alger (1518-1830), précédé d’un Traité des assemblages. 428 pages, format 21x29cm, illustrated with 88 b/w hand-drawn pictures; includes a catalogue of 44 pages depicting 340 b/w hand-drawn models, panels and series described in the book, 37 pages of colour ill. Will be published as soon as sufficient buyers have communicated their intention of buying, € 50,-. Intentions of buying to be sent to: Jean Couranjou, 20 allée Magellan, 33140 Villenave d’Ornon, France. E-mail: Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken.
Article Rosen, Jean - 'Carreaux anciens: ressusciter les secrets de fabrication', in: Atrium construction, la revue technique des professionnels des bâtiments anciens, n° 2, December 2002 - janvier 2003, p.8-9.
Lecture "Manufacture des carrelages Colozier à St-Just-des-Marais, 1840-1959", May 6, by Jean Cartier during the Assemblée Générale Annuelle du Groupe de Recherches et d’Etudes de la Céramique de Beauvaisis, 8 avenue Victor Hugo - 6000 Beauvais.
Book Degeorge, Gerard & Porter, Yves - The art of the Islamic Tile, Flammarion, France, October 2002, English text, 288 pp, 394 col. ill. This book covers every type and style from the 9th century lustre tiles of Samarra to the Qajar tiles of modern Iran, not forgetting Iznik, Moorish, Indian, and Zellij tiles on the way. £ 40,00. Order from Buckland Books.
Germany
Catalogue Windmühlen auf Fliesen 17. bis 20. Jahrhundert (Mill-tiles), Zweckverband Deutsches Sielhafenmuseum in Carolinensiel, 2002, 56 pp. Includes a great number of reproductions of mills on tiles and tile pictures. Order from the museum: Pumphusen 3, D-26409 Wittmund-Carolinensiel, € 4,50.
Tile Fair A "Collectors meeting" will be held on Saturday March 22, in the museum in Zons (between Köln and Düsseldorf) from 11.00 to 16.00 a clock. Invitations and all information by Ulli Hamburg, Bredderstraße 2, D-42477 Radevormwald, tel.: +48 02195/5679, E-mail: Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken.
Exhibition opening and Tile Fair On Saturday June 21, at the Erstes Deutsches Fliesenmuseum Boizenburg a big jubilee exhibition "100 years of Boizenburg tiles" will start. There will be a tile fair in that museum the same day, starting at 11.00. Invitations and information: Ulli Hamburg (see previous item).
Exhibition “Bilder zur Bibel auf Holländischen Fliesen des 17./18./19. Jahrhundert”, aus der Sammlung von Hago Baumann, in: Erstes Deutsches Fliesenmuseum Boizenburg e.V., Reichenstraße 4, 19258 Boizenburg. Tel./fax +48 (03 88 47) 538 81. Until May 31, 2003. Parallel exhibition “50 Jahre Blütezeit Deutscher Fliesen.”
Tile Fair “Fliesentage in Dresden”, May 8 - 10. Information from: Fachverband Deutsches Fliesengewerbe, Kronenstraße 55-58, D-10117 Berlin. www.fachverband-fliesen.de, email: Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken.
Exhibition "Oranienbaum - Huis van Oranje", june 14 - august 24, in: Museum Schloss Oranienbaum, Schloßstrasse, D-06785 Oranienbaum, tel. 034904-20259. Paintings and art works from Willem van Oranje up to Queen Beatrix. During the exhibition period, it will be possible to visit the castle with its “Sommerspeisesaal”, entirely decorated with Dutch tiles. http://www.oranienbaum.de/tour/index.html,
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Article Kaufman, Gerhard - 'Niederländische Wandfliesen als Beispiele für weiträumigen interkulturellen Kulturtransfer und als Vermittler von Bildern', in: Kieler Blätter zur Volkskunde, 34 /2002, p. 11-37, 14 ill.
The Netherlands
Exhibitions 2003 Het Nederlands Tegelmuseum (Dutch Tile Museum), Eikenzoom 12, 6731 BH Otterlo has planned following exhibitions in 2003: “Goudse tegels en majolica” (tiles and majolica from Gouda), until March 9; “Betegelingen in boerderijen” (tiled walls in Dutch farms), March 29 - September 7; “Tegelontwerpen van Angela de Jong” (tile designs from Angela de Jong), September 20 - November 2. Tel. +31 318/591.519, fax /592.000. e-mail: Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken.
Museum re-opening Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, re-opens on May 10. The tile collection will be spread out over the different museum rooms which will be set up thematically. Several tile pictures and Turkish tiles are on show in the corridor leading to the auditorium.
Exhibition “Old tiles from Taiwan and the Netherlands”, in: Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan. Until April 6, 2003. 462 tiles and 22 tile pictures with animal images, borrowed from Nederlands Tegelmuseum, are on show.
Catalogue Condensing Time and Light into Ceramics, Old tiles from Taiwan and the Netherlands, January 2003, 176 pages, full colour, ISBN 957-01-3165-9. Chinese and English text. The entire Dutch tile collection depicting animal images are reproduced in the catalogue in full colour. Tel 886 2 8677/2727, fax /4104. E-mail: Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken.
Portugal
Article Francisco Clode de Sousa - 'Para um inventario da azulejaria portuguesa dos séculos XIX e XX na cidade do Funchal', in: Islenha, 12, jan.-june 1993, p. 74-79. Ed. by Direccao Regional dos assuntos Culturais de Funchal. Article on tiles of Madeira.
Palace Fronteira Fernando Mascarenhas, actual owner of the Palace Fronteira, has created a foundation in order to preserve the palace and its tile works. For opening hours and guided tours reservation: Palacio Fronteira, Largo Sao Domingos de Bemfica 1, 1500 Lisbon. Tel. +351 21/778.45.99.
Book Quignard, Pascal - La frontière. Azulejos du palais Fronteira, 1998. French text. Editions Chandeigne, 142 pp., € 45,00. ISBN 2-906462-01-2.
Spain
Catalogue Albert Telese, Miquel Salomó, Francesc Farrés & Manel Sánchez - Les Rajoles Catalanes d’Arts i Oficis, Catàleg General (1630-1850), published by Manel Sánchez, October 2002. Catalan and Spanish full text., English, French, German and Italian summary. 480 pages, 2588 col. ill., € 190,00 + € 8,00 p&p. Order from: M. Sánchez, Gran Via, 679, baixos. 08013 Barcelona, tel. +34 93/245.94.41. Catalogue of all known designs on Catalan tiles known there as “Arts and Crafts” designs.
Article Lluís Gelpí i Vintró - 'Lorenzo Madrid, Dates, Setting and Circumstances', Part 1, in: Butlletí Informatiu de Ceràmica, n° 73-74, January-June 2002, p.44-52, a publication of the Associació Catalana de Ceràmica Decorada i Terrissa, Sant Honorat 7, 08002 Barcelona. Catalan text. Information on tiles related ceramics, panorama and book reviews.
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Belgium
Conference proceedings VEECKMAN, Johan (ed.), with Sarah Jennings, Claire Dumortier, David Whitehouse, Frans Verhaeghe - Majolica and Glass: from Italy to Antwerp and beyond, The transfer of technology in the 16th-early 17th century, Antwerp, 2002. ISBN 90-802915-6-0. 494 pages. Format 30x26cm. Proceedings of the international conference on majolica and glass organized in Antwerp by the city’s archaeology department, June 3-5, 1999. Researchers from 15 countries exchanged their views on the background and the role of Antwerp in the development of majolica and glass production in North-Western Europe. Includes 21 lectures and 19 poster contributions; can be regarded as the most up to date research on these subjects. Available from: Stad Antwerpen, Afdeling Archeologie, Kloosterstraat 15, B-2000 Antwerp. € 49,50 + € 5,00 postage & packing.
Article CAIGNIE, Frans - 'Een betegelde schouw in het Osterrieth-huis te Antwerpen' (A tiled chimney in the Osterrieth-house in Antwerp), in: Monumenten en Landschappen, 21/2, March-April 2002, p. 46-62. Available from: Monumenten en Landschappen, Graaf de Ferraris-gebouw, Albert II-laan 20, bus 7, B-1000 Brussel. € 6,00. E-mail: Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken.
Exhibition “Gracieus, Hasseltse keramiek uit de belle époque” (Graceful, ceramic art from Hasselt in the ‘belle époque’ period), in: Stedelijk Museum Stellingwerff-Waerdenhof, Maastrichterstraat 85, B-3500 Hasselt, 20.04 - 08.09.2002. Exhibition catalogue by Sabrina Polus, € 17,00. Includes a chapter on the tile production of the “Manufacture de Céramiques Décoratives de Hasselt” founded in 1895. Available from the museum, tel. +32 011/24.10.70, fax /26.23.98.
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Exhibition catalogue SCHOONBROODT, Benoît - L’art nouveau et les maîtres céramistes bruxellois: hommage aux fabriques d’art Helman, Janssens et Vermeren-Coché, Brussels, April 2002, 69 pages. Information from the author +32 0476/20.21.24.
England
Book FOWLER, Sandy & HARVEY, Wendy - Art Nouveau tiles 1890-1914, Schiffer Publishing, USA, 2002, 192 pp., 689 colour illustrations. Mainly British with a few Belgium and German tiles. Available from Buckland Books, Holly Tree House, 18 Woodlands Road, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 5PP. Tel/Fax +44-1903-717.648, Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken. : £39.95.
Book GRAVES, Alun - Tiles and Tilework, V&A Publications, 2002. ISBN 1-85177-355-X. 166 pp., 160 col. ill. A lavishly illustrated survey of the use of tiles in interior design through the ages, from the Gothic through to Art Deco and the Omega Workshops in the 20th c. V&A Publications, 160 Brompton road, London SW3 1HW: £30,00. http://www.vandashop.co.uk/
Newsletter TACtile, Tiles & Architectural Ceramics Society (TACS), nbr 58 and 59 (March & June 2002): events and news from the Society. Enquiries about membership: TACS, Roger Hensman, 37 Mosley Road, Timperley, Altrincham WA15 7TF.
Antique Tile Fair "Bring, buy, sell or swap tiles" on Saturday October 5th 2002, 1.00-4.30 pm at St. Jude’s Church Hall, Mapperley, Nottingham. After the Sale, enrolled TACS members are welcome to view the tile collection of Michael Blood - about 2000 tiles. An organisation of TACS; details and enrolment from Michael Blood, Nottingham, tel. +44-0115-960.8502.
Magazine TACS, Glazed Expressions, nbr 44, Spring 2002, 12 pages. Article subjects: Portuguese tile murals by Eduardo Nery (Alan Swale); Nature Printing (Lance S. Fuller); The world at their feet, Decorative tile exports by British Manufacturers, 1850-1910 (Lynn Pearson); Conservation and restoration of tin-glazed tiles (Joop van der Werf); Subliminal Messages? – References to encaustic tiles in 19th c. American popular fiction (Michael Sims); Tiles and Terracotta in British Mausoleums (Lynn Pearson); Architectural Ceramics (Penny Beckett); An 1840 letter from Augustus Welby Pugin to Herbert Minton (Willem Irik).
Reprint FRANÇOIS, L. - Turn-of-the-century tile designs in full colour, Dover Publications, 2002, iv pp text + 43 full page colour plates, large paperback. An almost complete full-colour facsimile of the 1905 Catalogue of Faïenceries de Sarreguemines/Utzschneider, Digoin, Vitry-le-François and Paris. Available from Buckland Books: £ 15,70.
Book MURFITT, Stephen - The Glaze book, a visual catalogue of decorative ceramic glazes, Thames and Hudson, March 2002, 288 pp, 732 colour illus, spiral bound. Contains recipes for glazes with illustrations of the fired results over a huge temperature range from earthenware to porcelain. Available from Buckland Books : £ 19,95.
Book CLARK, Kenneth - The Tile: making, designing and using, MBE, Crowood Press, March 2002, 176pp, 322 colour illus. Describes the range of techniques employed in making and designing tiles from antiquity to the present day. Gives practical instruction and reviews the work of leading contemporary tile designers. Available from Buckland Books : £ 22,50.
Booklet ANON - William and Evelyn De Morgan, The De Morgan Centre, 2002, 32pp, 64 colour illus. Features a collection of both William’s tiles and pottery and Evelyn’s paintings. Available from Buckland Books: £ 3,95.
Book BETTS, Ian M. et al - Medieval ‘Westminster’ floor tiles, Molas Monograph 11, 2002, xii + 78pp, 12 colour illus + b&w illus in text, 180 scale tile drawings, A4 paperback. English text with French and German summaries. A group of medieval tile makers produced the so-called Westminster floor tiles in the mid 13th c. This study of the tiles and their makers records all known tile patterns, together with all known find locations, the various clay deposits used and details of the manufacture and laying arrangements. Available from Buckland Books : £ 11,95.
France
Bulletin Les informations de l'ABRC - Association Bourguignonne de Recherches Céramiques, n° 30 & 31, March & June 2002, 4 pages each. Edited by ABRC, rue Dr. Maret 5, 21000 Dijon. Ceramic exhibitions, events, publications in France and abroad.
Book GUERMONPREZ , Paul-Henri - La Faïencerie Lœbnitz, Phileas Fogg, France, 2002, French text, 86pp, 90 colour + 12 monochrome illus, paperback. A monograph on the tiles and faience of Lœbnitz. Available from Buckland Books : £ 11,50.
Internet site www.ceramique.com French website listing ceramic events in France and abroad. Occasionally some news on tiles. Monthly electronic newsletter.
Germany
Conference proceedings HOFFMANN, C. & SCHNEIDER, M. (eds.) - Von der Feuerstelle zum Kachelofen - Heizanlagen und Ofenkeramik vom Mittelalter bis zur Neuzeit, Kulturhistorisches Museum der Hansestadt Stralsund, 2001. New survey of stove-tiles and ceramic heating technology: 14 conference papers concentrating on medieval to early modern stove-tile production, distribution and design in the North Germany / South Baltic region. Available from: Kulturhistorisches Museum der Hansestadt Stralsund, Moenchstrasse 25-27, D-18439 Stralsund, € 25,00.
Article MOLLEN, Thomas - 'Das Evangelium am warmen Kamin' (The gospel at the cooking-stove), in: stadt gottes, Familienzeitschrift der Steyler Missionare, n° 1, Januar 2002, p. 30-31.
Italy
Exhibition "Capolavori della maiolica rinascimentale, Montelupo “Fabbrica” di Firenze 1400-1630 - Masterpieces of renaissance ceramics, Montelupo “fabbrica” of Florence 1400-1630”, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, via Cavour 3, Firenze. Until October 27th 2002, 9.00 am / 7.00 pm (closed on Wednesdays). Gathers for the first time in Florence, in the wonderful venue of Palazzo Medici Riccardi, a consistent nucleus of late medieval and renaissance ceramics that represent the pinnacle of Montelupo production. 72 masterpieces on show with comprehensive Italian-English explanation panels.
Exhibition catalogue BERTI, Fausto - Capolavori della maiolica rinascimentale, Montelupo “Fabbrica” di Firenze 1400-1630 - Masterpieces of renaissance ceramics, Montelupo “fabbrica” of Florence 1400-1630. Bilingual, Italian-English, 325pp. ISBN 88-8242-094-9. Presents all 72 masterpieces in colour followed by a description of two maiolica pavements. Available from: Museo Montelupo, via XX Settembre 34, 50056 Montelupo Fiorentino (FI), € 46,00. E-mail: Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken. ;
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Catalogue Huneke Joachim, Rafaëlla Immediata, Cerrone Giampiero - La Passione, Publicrifo SNC, Salerno, 2002. Catalogue of an exhibition on sacral art in Convento San Francesco in Salerno, including Dutch bible tiles.
Booklet Various authors – Il pavimento maiolicato di san Giovanni a Carbonara, Electa, Italy, 1998, 32pp, 21 col & 7 b/w illus, Italian text. A description of the magnificent maiolica tiled floor from San Giovanni a Carbonara, together with details of its recent restoration. Many of the tiles are reminiscent of the floor at the Vyne. Available from Buckland Books: £ 4,95.
The Netherlands
Exhibitions 1) "Tile art from Chris Dagradi, ceramist from Delft" 7 September - 3 November 2002; 2) "Typisch Gouds, tegels en majolica uit de Gouden Eeuw" (Typical from Gouda, tiles and majolica from Hollands Golden Age) 16 November 2002 - 9 February 2003; in: Het Nederlands Tegelmuseum, Eikenzoom 12, 6731 BH Otterlo. Tel. +31-318-591.519, Fax -592.000.
("Typisch Gouds"exhibition in Gouda: 7.09-3.11.2002.)
Internet www.nederlandstegelmuseum.nl is the website of the Dutch Tile Museum in Otterlo. Includes information on the museum, an illustrated walk through the museum, an essay on the history and production process of Dutch tiles and an overview of the current and planned exhibitions in the museum.
Annual meeting The "Vrienden van Het Nederlands Tegelmuseum" (Friends of the Dutch Tile Museum) have their annual meeting on Saturday 28 September, 2002 at 10.00 am in Gouda. Several lectures in Dutch on the Gouda tile production. In the afternoon a visit of the above mentioned exhibition in Gouda. Information from Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken.
Annual TEGEL 30, Vrienden van het Nederlands Tegelmuseum, September 2002, 48 pages, Dutch, English summaries: 1) 'Early ornamental tiles in distant Einbeck' (Andreas Heege), 2) 'The pancake baker' (Lida Brouwer-Brand), 3) 'Two saints and two ‘popish devil’s hunters’' (Arend Jan Gierveld), 4) 'A 17th c. amor-pilar from Harlingen' (Dirk J. Hoekstra), 5) 'Tilemakers from Holland in 1753' (Johan A. Kamermans), 6) 'Joseph explains dreams in prison' (Dr. Robert Nouwen), 7) 'Tiles from Bruges' (Piet Swimberghe), 8) 'Tiles in a house, Havenstraat 2 in Erica' (Jan Pluis), 9) 'The Hoffman ring-kiln depicted on a tile' (F.H. Landzaat), 10) 'Zodiac and the seasons: the progress of time' (Hansa Krijgsman, research Frits Stuurman), 11) 'An ‘Indian’ tile picture from P.B. Delft in the Tropenmuseum' (Lejo Schenk); Bibliography 2001 - 2002. € 7,00. Available from: Het Nederlands Tegelmuseum, Eikenzoom 12, 6731 BH Otterlo. Tel. +31-318-591.519, Fax -592.000.
Article Mathijsen, G. - 'Een allegorie verklaard? Het tegeltableau ‘In duysent vreesen’ nader beschouwd' (An allegory made clear? The tile picture ‘In duysent vreesen’ on closer inspection), in: Rotterdams Jaarboekje, 2001.
Book KLOOSTER, Agnita, van ‘t - Mamlukse en Osmaanse tegels uit de 15de en 16de eeuw, gedecoreerd in Chinees-Islamitische stijl, 2 vol., 163 pages, 63 ill. Edited by the author, 2002. Available from the author, tel +31-030-28.71.000. € 30,00.
Auction "Van Sabben Tile Auctions", Ooststraat 32, 3261 KM Oud-Beijerland. Auction of several lots of antique tiles on Saturday, October 5th, 2002 at 13:00 pm. All lots will on view daily from September 28th onwards. Auctioning exclusively via written bids under notarial supervision. Auction catalogue available. Tel. +31-186-621.876 or -621.828, fax -619.092.
Portugal
Annual Azulejo, Magazine of the Museu Nacional do Azulejo, Lisboa, 2001, n° 8. Rua da Madre de Deus 4, P-1900 Lissabon.
Catalogue Un art des sens - l’azulejo au Portugal, Museu Nacional do Azulejo, Paris, 2002.
Exhibition “Real Fábrica do Rato, 1767-1835”, in Museu Nacional do Azulejo. Important faience and tiles factory of royal initiative situated in Lisbon, producing Rococo, Neoclassical and Romantic tastes. November 2002. Catalogue available.
Book MARTINS, Fausto S. – Azulejaria Portuense, História e Iconografia, Edições Inapa, Lisboa, 2001, 191pp, mostly full-colour illus. Portuguese text. ISBN 972-8387-93-8. Available from www.byblos-arte.net : € 59,70.
Book Rafale Salinas Calado/Pedro Vieira de almeida - Aspectos Azulejares na Arquitecta Ferroviária portuguesa, Ed. Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses, Lisboa, 2001, 418pp, mostly full-colour illus. Portuguese text. ISBN 972-97046-5-1. ca. € 75,00.
Book J.M. dos Santos Simões - Estudos de Azulejaria, Impresa Nacional, Lissabon, 2001. 347pp, b&w + 68 col. ill. ca. € 57,00.
Book MANGUCCI, C. - A Quinta de nossa Senhora da Piedade, História do seu Palácio, Jardins e Azulejos, Museu Municipal Vila Franca de Xira, 1998, 142pp, b&w and colour illus. ca. € 35,00.
Article NEVES, P.T. - 'Arte Nova em Portugal', in: Arte Ibérica, n° 50, Oct/Nov. 2001, p. 46-49.
Spain
Catalogue PÉREZ CAMPS, Josep - Los Azulejos de la casa de los Huerta, Ajuntament de Manises, Valencia, 2001, 39pp, colour illus. Catalogue of the exhibition (Nov. 2001- Jan. 2002) that showed, properly restored and classified, all the ceramic tiles recovered by the specialists of the Museo de Ceramica de Manises from a house built in 1884, belonging to a well-known family of tile manufacturers from Manises, heirs of Ramon Huerta Sanchis. Available from the Museum, c/Sagrari 22, 46940 Manises.
Article Jean Couranjou - 'The real origin of the tiles from the Turkish Regency in Algiers (1518-1830) considered ‘Italian’', in: Butlletí Informatiu de Ceràmica, n° 72, July-December 2001; a publication of the Associació Catalana de Ceràmica Decorada i Terrissa, Sant Honorat 7, 08002 Barcelona. Catalan text. Information on tiles related ceramics, panorama and book reviews.
Exhibition catalogue El azulejo en el Museo. Su restauración, conservación y montaje expositivo (Tiles in the Museum. Their restoration, conservation and panelling for exhibition), Ministerio de education, cultura y deporte, 2001. ISBN 84-369-3515-2, 94 pages, 120 ill. Catalogue of the exhibition October 2001 - January 2002 in Museo Nacional de Cerámica, c/Poeta Querol 2, 46002 Valencia. Tel. +34-96-351-63.92, fax -35.12. Available from the museum.
The objective of this Bulletin is the exchange of information on all kind of events (publications, exhibitions, lectures, ...) related to the subject of ceramic tiles and tiles related ceramics.
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England
Journal Journal of the British Archaeological Association, vol. 153, 2000. 227pp. Various authors. This volume is devoted mainly to articles on tiles: 'Medieval floor-tiles of Cleeve Abbey'; 'the pavement in the Chapel of St Edward-the-Confessor, Westminster Abbey'; 'the nave pavement of Haughmond Abbey, Shropshire'; 'Medieval floor-tiles in Denmark', p.93-101 (Birgit Als Hansen); 'English medieval armorial tiles: an ordinary'; '17th c. tile-tombs in Normandy'; 'an archive of paving-tiles in the Parker-Hore Collection, Worcester, and in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford'. € 25 (£ 15). Order from Buckland Books, Holly Tree House, 18 Woodlands Road, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 5PP. Tel/Fax +44-1903-717.648, Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken.
Book A Lost Art Rediscovered: The Architectural Ceramics of Byzantium. Ed. by Sharon E J Gerstel & Julie A Lauffenburger, Pennsylvania State University Press, USA, 2001, 318pp, illus. throughout in b&w and colour, quarto paperback. The ceramic tiles made during the reign of the Byzantine Umayyads of the 10th and 11th centuries. Order from Buckland Books. £ 86.50
Book Van LEMMEN, Hans - Architectural Ceramics, Shire Publications, 2002, 40pp, 77 colour + 4 b&w illus., booklet. Terracotta, faience and tiles related ceramics. Order from Buckland Books. £ 4.50.
Catalogue facsimile Marsden Tiles Catalogue, ca. 1920, 18pp, 13 in full colour, Buckland Books, 2001. This is a complete catalogue of late Art Nouveau tiles together with two pages of fireplace designs. An insight into British tile design of the period. Order from Buckland Books. £ 24.95.
Book GRAVES, Alun - Tiles and Tilework of Europe, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 270x216mm, 160pp, approx. 180 colour & 20 b&w illustrations. ISBN 1 85177345 2. To be published July 2002. Survey of European tiles from the medieval period to the present day. Hardback, £ 25.00. Order from: V&A Enterprises, Victoria & Albert Museum, London SW7 2RL. Tel. +44 020 7942-2689, fax -2693. www.vandashop.co.uk
Lecture Van LEMMEN, Hans - "History of Delftware tiles", in: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, April 21, 2002. Lecture part of a 2-day forum 20-21.04, 'Exploring soft bodies ...' that will look at the Conservation, Restoration, History, Science, Technology and Heritage of low-fired ceramics and archaeological glass. An organisation of Ceramic & Glass Conservation Group, The Conservation Centre, Whitechapel, Liverpool L1 6HZ. Tel. +44 0151 478-4861/2, fax -4990. Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken.
Newsletter TACtile, newsletter of the Tiles & Architectural Ceramics Society (TACS), nbr 56 and 57: events and news from the Society. Enquiries about membership: TACS, Roger Hensman, 37 Mosley Road, Timperley, Altrincham, WA15 7TF. Any contributions from outside UK, however small, particularly welcomed. 'TACtile' Editor, Penny Beckett, e mail: Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken. , www.tilesoc.org.uk
Magazine TACS, Glazed Expressions, number 43, Autumn 2001, 12 pages. Articles on: Minton tiles in Canada, Fredericton, New Brunswick; An 1840 letter from Augustus Pugin to Herbert Minton; Godwin tiles in Hereford; The Boulanger Museum: the project of an architectural ceramics museum in France; Hans van Lemmen interviews Ger de Ree, the new Chairman of the Foundation of Friends of the Dutch Tile Museum in Otterlo.
France
Book COURANJOU, Jean - Les carreaux de faïence importés pour le revêtement décoratif architectural de la Régence turque d'Alger (1518-1830), précédé de Traité des assemblages. 410 pages, format 21x29cm, illustrated with 76 b&w hand-drawn pictures; includes a catalogue of 44 pages depicting 340 b&w hand-drawn models, panels and series described in the book, 37 pages of colour ill. Under the turkish regency period of Algeria (1518-1830) no tiles were manufactured localy, but large quantities were imported from different countries over a period of almost three centuries, for decoration of their monuments, mainly in the town of Algiers. Mr. Couranjou studied the subject over 35 years and will publish his study as soon as sufficient buyers have communicated their intention of buying, ca. € 50,-. No orders or money at this time. Intentions of buying are to be sent to: Jean Couranjou, 20 allée Magellan, 33140 Villenave d'Ornon, France. Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken.
Catalogue CARTIER, Jean - Céramiques de l'Oise - la collection du musée départemental de l'Oise, Ed. Somogy, Paris. 420 pages, 600 ill. Amongst others, several chapters cover tiles: 1) 'Les carreaux de pavement du Moyen âge à la Renaissance dans le Beauvaisis', p. 74-97; 2) 'Les carreaux de faience du Beauvaisis (XIXe siècle)', p. 273-327; 3) 'Carreaux de grès: Boulanger à Auneuil, A. Delaherche, Ch.Gréber', p. 354-384. Information: G.R.E.C.B., Jean Cartier, 8 avenue Victor Hugo, 60000 Beauvais
Bulletin Les informations de l'ABRC - Association Bourguignonne de Recherches Céramiques, n° 29, September 2001, 4 pages. Edited by ABRC, rue Dr. Maret 5, 21000 Dijon. Ceramic exhibitions, events, publications in France and abroad.
Museum The former stoneware tile factory of Gréber at Beauvais (1911) has been fitted up as "Ecomusée des pays de l'Oise" (Oise Living Museum). This factory, covered with beautiful tiles, totally restorated and recently recognised as an historic monument, is a good example of reuse of industrial buildings. 17 rue du Pré-Martinet, 60000 Beauvais.
Museum Musée Henri Dupuis, 9 rue Henri Dupuis, 62500 Saint-Omer. "La cuisine flamande" (the flemish kitchen). The walls and the chimney of the kitchen are covered with Dutch tiles and tiles made in the northern part of France (Lille, Desvres). Several tile pictures depict saints, animals, a fruit-basket, a turkish soldier and a scissors-grinder based on a painting of David Teniers. A new room has been opened recently with ca. 400 ceramic objects on show, selected out of the master pieces of the Henri Dupuis collection. Tél. +33 03.21.38.00.94.
Book ANDRÉ, Patrick - Les pavements médiévaux du château de Suscinio, 60 pages, 80 colour ill., edited by the Conseil Général du Morbihan. A complete presentation of the pavements, inlaid and tin glazed floor tiles, dated mid-XIVth c. Discovered in 1975 during escavations in the chapel of the castel of the dukes of Brittany in Morbihan. Order from: Château de Suscinio, 56370 Sarzeau, tél. +33 02 97 41 91 91. Also available from Buckland Books.
Germany
Museum Collection Altonaer Museum in Hamburg - Norddeutsches Landesmuseum, Museumstrasse 23, 22765 Hamburg. The tile collection that has not been accessible to the visitors for a long period is now on show again. Information from the museum: tel. +48 (040) 42811-3582, fax -2143.
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Tile journey "Lissabon - Azulejos, Fliesen in Palästen, Gärten und Kirchen" 02 - 09.03.2002. Sonderreise des Fachverbandes des Deutschen Fliesengewerbes. Information: Kronenstrasse 55-58, D-10117 Berlin-Mitte, tel. +48 030/20314-434, fax -419.
Tile Fair "International Art nouveau and Art deco tile fair" at the Bröhan Museum, State Museum for Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Functionalism (1889-1939), Schloss-Straße 1a, 14059 Berlin (Charlottenburg), May 11th, 11.00 am - 18.00 pm. Tel. +48 (030) 326 906-00, fax -26. Email: Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken.
Exhibition "Fliesen - die nächsten Verwandten der Ofenkachel" 30.04 - 29.09.2002, in: Ofen- und Keramikmuseum Velten - das Museum in der Ofenfabrik A. Schmidt, Lehmann & Co. GmbH, Wilhelmstraße 32, 16727 Velten. Tel. +48-3304-31760, Fax -505887. Thematic guided tours organised through the Museum and the Ofenfabrik, on Wednesdays and each first Saturday of the month (15.00pm). Ask for the exhibition program and for the other activities organised by the museum. Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken. , www.ofenmuseum-velten.de
Italy
Article 'Gli animali fantastici del "Pavimento Vaselli"', in: Ca/Ceramica per l'architettura, 40/1, Marzo 2001, Gruppo Editoriale Faenza Editrice, via Pier De' Crescenzi 44, 48018 Faenza (RA). Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken. , www.faenza.com , € 14,46.
The Netherlands
Exhibitions 2002 Het Nederlands Tegelmuseum (Dutch Tile Museum), Eikenzoom 12, 6731 BH Otterlo. "Dieren op tegels" (animals depicted on tiles, a selection from the museum's own collection), 12.01-14.04; "Collectie Muller" (tiles selected from the Hans Muller legacy), 27.04-25.08; "Tegelwerken van Chris Dagradi" (tile works of Chris Dagradi, painter and designer at the Porceleyne Fles), 7.09-3.11; "Goudse tegels en majolica" (tiles and maiolica from Gouda), ca. 15.11-15.01.2003. The exhibition on Gouda tiles and maiolica will be in Gouda from 07.09 till 03.11 before moving to Otterlo. Please check start date and end date of each exhibition with the museum before visiting. Tel. +31-318-591.519, Fax -592.000.
Annual meeting The "Vrienden van Het Nederlands Tegelmuseum" (Friends of the Dutch Tile Museum) have their annual meeting on Saturday 28 September, 2002 at 10.00 am in Gouda. Several lectures in Dutch on Gouda tiles and maiolica; in the afternoon a visit of the above mentioned exhibition on Gouda tiles and maiolica.
Article BERGE, van den, J.H. - 'Ovidius aan de Benedenheulseweg te Stolwijk' (three tiles with images of the Metamorphoses in a tiled chimney), in: Historische Encyclopedie Krimpenerwaard, 26 (2001), p. 33-40.
Book TICHELAAR, Pieter, ten HOEVE, Sytse, PLUIS, Jan - Fries Aardewerk, Deel II: Bolsward (Frisian Earthenware, Part II: Bolsward), September 2001. 220 pages, ca. 340 ill. ISBN 90-74310-74-5. Deals with the production of the Bolsward pottery from 1737 to 1801. This factory produced the world-renowned tile picture depicting the production process in its own factory. Order from: Primavera Pers, Van 't Hoffstraat 33, 2313 SN Leiden, tel +31 071 5144-482, fax: -372. € 40,40. E-mail: Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken.. Planned: part III: Tichelaar Makkum, 2002 ; part IV: Harlingen, 2003. (correction of Bulletin n°13)
Auction "Van Sabben Tile Auctions", Ooststraat 32, 3261 KM Oud-Beijerland. Auctions of several lots of antique tiles, generally twice a year (February and October). All tiles are laid out during several view days preceding each auction. Auction catalogues available. For information: tel. +31-186-621.876 or -621.828, fax -619.092.
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Internet Forum "Internet forum on the study and the conservation of decorated ceramics in architecture." The purpose of this forum is to trigger a debate at the highest level between specialists in the different subject areas involved in the conservation and restoration of decorated architectural ceramics, in an attempt to cover the broadest possible geographic and cultural field. The forum is divided into five working modules, each of which will focus on one particular area of the general theme of decorated architectural ceramics. The five modules are: 1) The theory and practice of architectural intervention in the field of decorated ceramics, 2) The process of deterioration, pathalogies and analysis, 3) The history of architectural ceramics, training and dissemination, 4) Restoration techniques and processes, 5) Documentation and the siting of unusual architectural cases. For subscription to the Forum: Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken..
Articles Joan Cabot - 'Tiles in the Hermitage of Valldemossa' (Majorca), p.26-27; Henri Amouric, Lucy Vallauri, Jean-Louis Vayssettes - 'Hispanic tiles in the Provence and Languedoc, 15th to 18th century', p.28-34; in: Butlletí Informatiu de Ceràmica, n° 71, January-June 2001; a publication of the Associació Catalana de Ceràmica Decorada i Terrissa, Sant Honorat 7, 08002 Barcelona. Catalan text. Many other information on tiles and tiles related ceramics.
Tile fair "Trobada de col-leccionistes de rajola Catalana i ceràmica antiga en general", in Vallromanes (Vallès Oriental), (organised each year on the fourth Sunday of May). An organisation of the Associació Catalana de Ceràmica.
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