Architect and engineer . ENTRANCE DETAIL, FOUR FIFTY SUTTERJ. R. Miller and T. L. Pflueger, Architects AflCHITtCT AND ENCINELR T T »;*? «? # i T I- - 1 April, 1«)30 ?-! -I -r-^ iii HI isi en. FRIEZE OF THE ARCHERS IN TEMPLE AT SUSA. ANCIENT PERSIA AND TML ByS+an-ton Will TECT3rd, AlA GT. HE history of ceramics is a fasci-nating chapter in the study of could tell us a better story than theremains of the ancient palaces of Babvlonand Nineveh with their walls of sun driedmud bricks, faced with beautiful enamelledtiles, enduring examples of the earliest useof color in archite
Architect and engineer . ENTRANCE DETAIL, FOUR FIFTY SUTTERJ. R. Miller and T. L. Pflueger, Architects AflCHITtCT AND ENCINELR T T »;*? «? # i T I- - 1 April, 1«)30 ?-! -I -r-^ iii HI isi en. FRIEZE OF THE ARCHERS IN TEMPLE AT SUSA. ANCIENT PERSIA AND TML ByS+an-ton Will TECT3rd, AlA GT. HE history of ceramics is a fasci-nating chapter in the study of could tell us a better story than theremains of the ancient palaces of Babvlonand Nineveh with their walls of sun driedmud bricks, faced with beautiful enamelledtiles, enduring examples of the earliest useof color in architecture? What could pro-vide us with a clearer understanding of thelives and habits of the early Egyptians thanthe glazed tiles in low relief which linedthe tomb chambers of the pyramids? Whatcould give us a more accurate conceptionof the development of Persian art throughthe conquests of the Saracens in Syria,North Africa and Spain, than the intricateand beautiful panels and wall decorationsin glazed faience tile so lavishly used inthose countries? Continuing on with theenamelled terra cottas of the Delia Rob-bias, and so down to the terra cottas andtiles of today, we have a veritable stor
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