lot of 97 original antique blue tiles Ca1870 France Pas Calais Provecal Style

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This is a wonderful set of 97 tiles you can use on walls or do a tabletop. Also scattering them in a fireplace or in bookshelfts looks wonderfull.
“These original antique more than 100 years old tiles are in very fine to extremelly fine condition.These tiles were handcrafted with moulds not using press, hand cut each piece, also surface is not absolutelly flat like in later period tiles, Therein lies its charm, I mean its lovely imperfection makes these items unique and priceless. Anyway these kind of tiles can be found in different condition If I had to estimate from 1 to 10 where 10 is best condition one these tiles exist, I can say these are definetly 9 to 8  that means that these tiles are in very fine to extremelly fine condition some with the usual corner chips. Color is vibrant and fresh. Cement on reverse was carefully removed so minimal traces are remaining.In particular these pattern are listed in specialized catalogue isbn-9974-39-139-3 Catalogo de azulejos franceses del siglo XIX by Architect Alejandro Artucio Urioste  "
Attention the items you are bidding are ORIGINAL 1850ies tiles that arrived River Plate from France in great amounts. They Come from North France Region Pas Calais close to Belgium and city of Delft ,that is why very similar to Dutch style tiles.
Were used in houses in patios and water piles both as decoration and,  to protect constructions from water splash. Also were used in cupolas in main churches of our country. Recently Catalogued each tile pattern was numbered, and more than 200 patterns were classified in this work is revealed that major ports for these tile exportations were Montevideo (Uruguay capitol) and Argel (Algeria ). These wonderful tiles ( azulejos carreaux ) are one of most exquisite item you can acquire for your home decor. They match very well either with traditional or modern architecture, used like accents or as in frieze in the outside. On stoves and fireplace with wood, summing up they will go well with everything. Mixing different patterns is a good idea too, as you will have a uniform looking as all these tiles were done using the same white tone and just blue and dark violet but also variety of patterns. Also the "geometric key" is always the same diagonal directions mixed with vertical and horizontal.
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