European Ceramic Tiles Circle
INFORMATION BULLETIN n° 4 - February 1997
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Article. DUMORTIER, Claire - Antwerpse zalfpotten in de Koninklijke Musea voor
Kunst en Geschiedenis te Brussel, in:BRABOM, Berichten en Rapporten over
het Antwerps Bodemonderzoek en Monumentenzorg, n 1, p.119-124, Stad
Antwerpen, 1996 (Antwerp gallipots in the Royal Museum of Art and History,
Brussels).
Article. DUMORTIER, Claire & VEECKMAN, Johan - Un four de majoliques en
activité à Anvers vers 1560, in: Bulletin des Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire,
vol. 65, 1994, p. 163-217 (A majolica kiln in operation in Antwerp, ca. 1560).
Museum. Roelantsmuseum, located in the "Abdij van Hemiksem"; open April 1 -
September 30, saturday & sunday, 14.00- 17.00: tile pictures of Joseph Roelants
(1881-1962) and others, working in the "s.a. Manufactures Céramiques
d'Hémixem, Gilliot et Cie"; info at: Gemeentebestuur Hemiksem, Mrs Danny De
Jonghe, Gemeenteplaats 1, 2620 Hemiksem.
Correction: the publication of M. Baeck and B. Verbrugge, mentioned in Bulletin
n 3 is a book, 224 pp, 400 color ill., 1350 BEF; order at: Monumenten en
Landschappen, Pers & Voorlichting, Zandstraat 3, 1000 Brussel, Fax 32 2
209.27.05.
Book. Architectural Ceramics: their History, Manufacture and Conservation. This
book, which followed a joint symposium of English Heritage and the United
Kingdom Institute for Conservation held at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum in
1994, includes papers by noted experts from around the world on new
developments and state of the art practice in the conservation of architectural
terracotta, Coade Stone, floor tiles and faience. 128pp, 246x188mm paperback,
£ 25.00 + postage. Order at: Buckland Books, Buckland Common, Tring, Herts
HP23 6NJ; tel/fax: +44 1494 758 687.
Catalogue. Minton Tiles, Selected patterns of enamelled tiles for walls, hearths,
fire places, furniture, flower boxes, etc., 1996, 8 pages of text & b&w ill. + 24 full
page colour plates. Order at Buckland Books: £ 9,00 + postage cost.
Book. BARRY, Michael - Colour and Symbolism in Islamic Architecture, eight
centuries of the Tile-Maker's Art; 1996, 316pp, 158 colour illustrations. Order at
Buckland Books: £48,00 + postage.
Book. VAN LEMMEN, Hans - Delftware Tiles, Calmann & King, London; autumn
1997, 224 pages, 190 colour ill., english; also dutch, french and american
editions planned.
Newsletter. Tiles and Architectural Ceramics Society (TACS),nbr. 36 (August
1996), nbr. 37 (December 1996).
Magazine. Glazed Expressions, nbr. 33, autumn 1996, edited by TACS, 12pp.
Amongst others, articles on: a South African Ceramics enterprise; A. Maw; the
decline of Maw & Co.; English moulds for relief tiles in Portugal; biblical scenes
on Dutch wall tiles; a tile factory in central Asia. Subscribe at: K. Huggins,
Reabrook Lodge, Sutton Road 8, Shrewsbury SY2 6DD.
Catalogue. ARCHER, Michael - Catalogue of British Delftware in the Victoria &
Albert Museum, London, spring 1997.
Catalogue. William Morris, catalogue of the Victoria & Albert Museum, 1996,
edited by L.Porry, published by Ph.Wilson.
Bulletin. Les informations de l'ABRC - Association Bourguignonne de
Recherches Céramiques, n 15, Septembre 1996, rue Dr Maret 5, 21000 Dijon.
Study. ABEL, Véronique - L'histoire est le témoin de l'art, 12pp, a study of the
1740 tile fragments excavated in Saint- Jean-du-Désert (Marseille), dated 1st
half of 18th c. Order at: Le Gros Oustaou, 4 chemin des Bellons, La treille,
13011 Marseille.
Book. LAHAUSSOIS, C. & PANNEQUIN, B., Terres Vernissées: sources et
traditions; Ed. Massin, 1996, 135pp; order at: Musée National de Céramique, Pl.
de la Manufacture, 92310 Sèvres (Enamelled earthenware: source material &
traditions).
Acquisition. by G.R.E.C.B. , Avenue Victor Hugo 8, 60000 Beauvais of a
catalogue (ca.1900) of tiles with inlaid designs of the factory Simons & Cie in
CATEAU (Nord), 39 colour plates.
Tile Factory. Opened in 1995 in 77160 PROVINS, producing medieval tiles with
inlaid designs. (information: G.R.E.C.B.)
Catalogue. FOUCHET, Nelly - L'Argus des Ventes aux Enchères: Céramique
n 1, Auction sale results from 09.94 to 09.96, 384pp, 2000 ill., english-french,
ISBN: 2-909876-12-8. (Valentine's Auction Sale Price: European Ceramics,
ISBN: 2-909876-13-6).
Book. JOLIET, Wilhelm - Die Geschichte der Fliese; 247pp, 381 colour ill. Order
at: BDK Bücherdienst Gmbh, Kölner Strasse 248, 51149 Köln; 128 DM +
postage (The history of tiles).
Catalogue. Auf Ton gemalt, Niederländische Fliesen aus der Sammlung
Drechsel (Painted on clay, Dutch tiles in the collection Drechsel). Katalog der
Museen in Schleswig-Holstein 29. Exposition set up in 5 museums in Schleswig-
Holstein, August 96 until spring 97; 60pp, 27 b&w, 12 col. ill.. PLUIS, Jan -
Niederländische Fliesen in Norddeutschland (p. 8-27).
Museum. Fliesenmuseum e.V., Reichenstraße 4, 19258 Boizenburg; first tile
museum in Germany; opened in 1995. Objective is the collection and exhibition
of German tiles of the 19th and 20th century; also other periods and origins.
Catalogues. FAUSTO, Berti - 1)La Farmacia di Santa Maria Novella, 16pp.,
1994; 2)Le Ceramiche della Farmacia di San Marco, 20pp., 1995; 3)Le
Ceramiche della Farmacia di Santa Fina di San Gimignano, 32pp., 1996; italian.
Order at: Museo Archeologico e della Ceramica di Montelupo, Via Bartolomeo
Sinibaldi 45, 50056 Montelupo Fiorentino (FI).
Folder. Museo Montelupo - Arts in time. Comprehensive description of the
history of ceramics in the Montelupo area. English, 12pp. Order at the Museum,
tel. 0571-51352, fax 0571-51506.
Festa. Festa internazionale della Ceramica: organised each year at Montelupo, in June.
Book. FAUSTO, Berti - Antiche maioliche di Montelupo, secoli XIV-XVIII, 112pp.,
Italian. Order at the Museum.
Book. De Nederlandse Tegel - decors en benamingen 1570-1930 / The Dutch
Tile - designs and names 1570-1930; edited by Stichting Vrienden van het
Nederlands Tegelmuseum, Stichting Nederlands Tegelmuseum and Primavera
Pers; Leiden, ca. 680 pages, 2600 b&w ph., 134 colour illus., 135,- NLG(115,-
until June 1, 1997) + postage. Planned: June 1997. Order at: Primavera Pers,
Burggravenlaan 7, 2313 HM Leiden; tel. 31 71 514.4482, fax .4372. ISBN 90-
74310-26-5.
Exhibitions. Nederlands Tegelmuseum, Eikenzoom 12, 6731 BH Otterlo: 1)
Dutch fisher ports in 1900 on tile pictures, until 08.06.1997; 2) Ex-libris collection
from Prague, 16.06 - 10.08.1997; 3) Fleurig 1997, 30.07 - 14.08.1997; 4)
Highlights of the Jugendstil-period, organised by the Stichting Vrienden van het
Nederlands Tegelmuseum, 30.08 - 02.11.1997; 5) the Collection Dingeman Korf,
22.11.1997 -26.04.1998.
Collection. Reopening (11.1996) of the annex "De dubbelde Palmboom" in the
Historisch Museum, Voorhaven 12, 3024 RM Rotterdam. On the first floor, the
tile history of Rotterdam will be illustrated on the basis of tiles, tile panels and
important tile pictures of Bouwmeester, Valkenhof and Aalmis, e.g. "Uit duijzent
vreesen". The period covered is 1600 to 1800 and demonstrates a wide
spectrum of the Rotterdam production.
Association. Grupo dos Amigos do Museu Nacional do Azulejo (M.N. do A.)
(Association of Friends of the National Museum of Tiles), Rua da Madre de Deus
4, 1900 Lissabon.
Book. BURLAMAQUI, Suraya - Cerâmica mural portuguesa contemporânea,
Lissabon, 1996.
Book. BARROS VELOSO, A.J. - I almasqué, historia e azulejos, Lissabon, 1996.
Exhibition. "Cerâmica neo clássica en Portugal", M.N. do A., Lissabon, March -
June 1997; exhibition catalogue available.
Exhibition catalogues. 1) "Azulejos do Porto", Porto, 1996; 2)
"Cerâmica espannola, dos A'rabes a Miro", M.N. do A., Lissabon,
1996; 3) "Un Eclat Portugais, l'art de l'azulejo", Paris, 1996;
organised by the M.N. do A. of Lissabon.
Article. Painel de azulejo no aerporto Macau, in: Cerâmicas,
n 23, p. 42-50.
Magazine. "Azulejo", n 3-4-5, 1997, edited by the Museu
Nacional do Azulejo, Lissabon.
Report. Reports of the Conference "Russian tiles", Colomenskoe,
April 15-16, 1993, Moscow 1993: a) Problems in the studying of
Russian tiles, b) Collections of tiles in the Museums, c)
Restoration of tiles; russian. Order at: L. Dorofeeva, Curator,
Menshikov Palace, Universitetskaya emb. 15, St. Petersburg,
199034 Russia.
Article. MIHAILOVA, O., On the development of tile manufactures
in Russia and connections between Dutch and Russian tiles
manufactures; russian; in: Applied Art in Western Europe and in
Russia, Leningrad 1993; order at: L. Dorofeeva.
Collection. South African Cultural History Museum, 49 Adderley
Street, Cape Town 8001 or P.O. Box 645, Cape Town 8000. W. van
Vliet Collection of Dutch tiles dating from the late 16th
century to the 18th century. A small part of this collection is
currently on display in the Ceramics Gallery of the Museum, with
the rest being kept in storage. The tiles in storage can be
viewed by arrangement with the curator, Mrs E. Esmyol at tel.
021-461 8280 or fax 021-461 9592.
Meeting.Annual Meeting in Vallromanes "Trobada de Vallromanes" in May;
traditional tiles and pots exhibition, exchange & sale.
Bulletin. "Butlletí Informatiu de Ceràmica", three-monthly or
half-yearly publication of the Associació Catalana de Ceràmica Decorada i
Terrissa, Sant Honorat 7, 08002 Barcelona. Articles on tiles in each issue.
Bibliography. Historica de la ceramica Española (1988-1993), by Jaume Coll
Conesa & Josep Perez Camps, edited by Asociación de Ceramologia, c/
Tevleria 12, 03698 Agost-Alicante. 1540 references; 116 on tiles & architectural
ceramics.
Report. XI Congreso de conservación y restauración de bienes culturales,
Castellón, 3-6 October 1996. Articles on the restoration and conservation of
ceramics and tiles. Information: Jaume Coll Conesa, Curator of Museo Nacional
de Cerámica, Poeta Querol 2, 46002 Valencia, and President of the Asociacion
de Ceramologia, Agost-Alicante.
Conference. "L'art des carreaux de faïence au Portugal", Musée Ariane, Genève,
18-02-1997, by the director of the Museu Nacional do Azulejo of Lissabon.
Collection. The Holland Museum, 31 West 10th Street, Holland, Michigan 49423:
Tiles from ±1550 to ±1950. 16th c. German green-glaze stove tiles. Dutch tiles
after 1600, including fireplace tiles collected by Cincinnati/Ohio artist John Rettig
in Volendam. 20th c. Dutch tiles: tile pictures by Piet Senf, Porcelaine Fles
±1925; individual tiles by Tegelen-Tigla, Limburg ±1947; Westraven, Utrecht
±1953. Three exhibit areas with tiles; 600 tiles in storage. Tel. 616.394.1362, fax
.4756.
Collection. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Box 7646,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101-7646. Permanently on view: Dutch tiles 16th,
17th & 18th c. in the northern staircase of the Museum (1995) and Dutch tiles
16th & 17th c. and tile picture on the ground floor of the Museum.
Museum on Internet. Visit the Zsolnay Tile Museum at
http://www.drawrm.com/ztilemus.htm - over 20 Zsolnay tiles from Budapest,
Hungary, created by Federico Santi, Curator.
Tour. Tile Heritage Foundation, P.O. Box 50608, Santa Barbara, CA 93150
organizes a trip to England for anyone interested in tiles, history and decorative
arts. May 6-18, 1997. Tour leaders: Joseph Taylor (THF) & Chris Blanchett
(TACS). Information: tel (805) 969-9665, fax -7886.
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