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.
Spain
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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