The decorative tile : in architecture and interiors / Tony Herbert and Kathryn Huggins

London : Phaidon Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered.Library marks remain. Physical description; 240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-235) and index. Contents; Traditions and sources -- The marriage of art and industry -- The Gothic revival -- Cool, clean and hygienic -- Tiles and the home -- The architecture of illusion and grandeur -- The craft tradition -- Tiles in the modern era. Subjects; Decoration and ornament, Architectural. Tiles. Tiles Design History. Tiles in interior decoration. Tiles in interior decoration History. Architecture Decoration and ornament, Architectural. Tile art. Tiles in interior decoration. Interior decoration. Decoration and ornament, Architectural, in interior decoration. ceramics decorative tiles architecture Gothic revival art industry interior design. Decorative tiles Ceramic arts. Ceramic tiles. Ceramic tiles : architectural decoration. Architecture Materials Tile. Ceramic tiles. Interiors and interior decoration. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated.