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(c) 2023 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Cluny Tiles: Little Chequer
(c) 2023 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2023 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Cluny Tiles: Little Chequer

designer (Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1856 - 1930, Doylestown, Pennsylvania)
manufacturer (established Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1898)
Date1901
Place MadeDoylestown, Pennsylvania, United States, North America
MediumGlazed ceramic
Dimensions2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (7 x 7 cm)
ClassificationsArchitectural Elements
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberC2c1.8
Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner oversaw all the details of the Museum during its design and construction, 1899–1902. She collaborated with the tile maker and owner of the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, Henry Chapman Mercer, on the galleries’ custom floors. Ceramicists and trained laborers in Doylestown, Pennsylvania produced Mercer’s unique designs by molding tiles from handmade casts and applying slips and glazes for firing.
Id719048
Last Updated10/5/24
Previous NumberC2c2.b
EmbARK ObjectID26565
Other NumberMC114
Source ID10260