Floor to fireplace. Buff colored clay body with slip decoration, probably screened process. Brown and black Renaissance diamond border with circular devices enclosing a four-part scroll and palmettos design. Forms overall checkered pattern with border tiles of interlocking ovals and a floral element.
fireproofing tile
earthenware
Tile
Tile, Fireplace
Earthenware
Tile, Fireplace
Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),
Unknown
6.125 x 6.125 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret Carson Holt
1970.660
Title Fireplace Tile Accession Number 1970.661
Title Fireplace Tile Accession Number 1970.661
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