Details from a storefront next to San Antonio, Texas' Alameda Theater and extending some of that edifice's late-1940s/ early 1950s exuberance for much of the 300 block of W. Houston Street. #photography #travel #tourism #sanantonio #texas #storefront #1950s #decorativetiles #decorativetile #artdeco

Muresque in Oakland, for example, made relief tiles in addition to other decorative arts, such as the deep-relief, lion-motif doorstop.
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Relief tiles feature three-dimensional designs that are pressed directly into soft clay before it is dried and fired. During the early twentieth century, Northern California was home to a handful of companies that made pictorial tiles from earthenware in relief. #CaliforniaTile #DecorativeTile

A very special thank you to Tile Heritage Foundation for making this exhibition possible. See “California Decorative Tile” on display, pre-security, in the Mayor Edwin M. Lee International Terminal Departures Hall and online at: bit.ly/CaliforniaTile

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The Arts and Crafts movement emphasized hand craftsmanship, simple forms, and motifs derived from nature. Ernest A. Batchelder was the foremost maker of California Arts and Crafts tile. #CaliforniaTile #DecorativeTile

A very special thank you to Tile Heritage Foundation for making this exhibition possible. See “California Decorative Tile” on display, pre-security, in the Mayor Edwin M. Lee International Terminal Departures Hall and online at: bit.ly/CaliforniaTile

#CaliforniaTile #DecorativeTile