The pottery and porcelain of the United States; an historical review of American ceramic art from the earliest times to the present day (1893)
Barber, Edwin Atlee, 1851-1916 · New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 369
of Phila-delphia, were experimentingin floor tiles, and I havebefore me some interesting173.-S0ME OF THE First Fancy examples of these early at- American Tiles. ^ ■ Hyzer & Lewellen. tempts. Their first efforts were directed to the manufacture of encaustic tiles ofgeometrical shapes,—square,… … ORNAMENTAL TILES. 345 partially successful, the wet-clay method employed at thattime was unsatisfactory, because the shrinkage was foundto be irregular and the pieces came from the kiln of differ-ent thickness. The next experiments were made by thedamp-dust process, which has been employed ever…
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