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(c) 2023 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Little Brick Tiles
(c) 2023 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2023 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Little Brick Tiles

designer (Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1856 - 1930, Doylestown, Pennsylvania)
manufacturer (established Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1898)
Date1901
Place MadeDoylestown, Pennsylvania, United States, North America
MediumGlazed ceramic
Dimensions7.6 x 5.1 cm (3 x 2 in.)
ClassificationsArchitectural Elements
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberC2c1.12
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.
Id720069
Last Updated8/9/24
EmbARK ObjectID26587
Other NumberMC70
Previous NumberC2c4
Source ID10282