. The Englishman's house, from a cottage to a mansion. A practical guide to members of building societies, and all interested in selecting or building a house . DESIGN No. TILES. A SLIGHT digression from the subject-matter of the preceding pages may serve to break monotony, and introduce to the notice of the reader an ornamental object—the encaustic tile. They are. Design for a floor encaustic tile. now of universal use, both for floor and wall decora-tion, and have become general favourites for suchpurposes. A few suggestions, therefore, for thepurpose of making them more artisti
. The Englishman's house, from a cottage to a mansion. A practical guide to members of building societies, and all interested in selecting or building a house . DESIGN No. TILES. A SLIGHT digression from the subject-matter of the preceding pages may serve to break monotony, and introduce to the notice of the reader an ornamental object—the encaustic tile. They are. Design for a floor encaustic tile. now of universal use, both for floor and wall decora-tion, and have become general favourites for suchpurposes. A few suggestions, therefore, for thepurpose of making them more artistic and pleasingwill not be out of place. The present patterns are almost entirely of a con- ENCAUSTIC TILES. 461 ventional kind, or according to strict geometric same pattern is repeated all over the surface,without variation, and however excellent the patternmay be, it is designed on the same principle as thatof a printed wall paper. The design just given puts all geometric formsaside, and introduces a free-hand treatment, allowingthe pattern to be varied on every surface laid down.
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