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(c) 2023 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Medium Hexagon Cinquefoil Tiles
(c) 2023 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2023 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Medium Hexagon Cinquefoil Tiles

maker (established Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1898)
designer (Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1856 - 1930, Doylestown, Pennsylvania)
Date1901
Place MadeDoylestown, Pennsylvania, United States, North America
MediumGlazed ceramic
Dimensions3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm) wide
ClassificationsArchitectural Elements
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberC14c3.2
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.
Id719387
Last Updated8/9/24
EmbARK ObjectID26595
Previous NumberC14c7
Other NumberMC50
Source ID10290