A book of studies in plant form with some suggestions for their application to design (1896)
Lilley, A. E. V, Midgeley, W., joint author · New York : Scribner · leaf 140
Purp.e C!e;natij. Flowers 4 inches across. TILES 125 that the layer beneath is quite dry. The ornament unbakedwill appear as an opaque mass, and the appearance of theground colour through the thin layers when baked must beallowed for. Whilst unbaked the ornament may be workedupon with steel tools… … Fig. 174.—Tiles for hearth designed from the Dahlia. Encaustic tiles are moulded with the clay in a plastic state, thepattern bein^ cut or stamped in to yV of an inch below thesurface, so as to form hollows in which slips of different-coloured clays are poured. When these become as hard as thebody…
Decoration and ornament
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