Mosaic Tile Co. (Zanesville, OH). Faience Mantels. Over 40 examples of tile mantels grace the 40 pages of this amazing catalog that includes the dimensions for each along with an enlightened quotation. Luckily, the vibrant details of some of Mosaic Tiles mantel patterns are brought to life by numerous color illustrations. Undated. Price: $45 with color.
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Mosaic Tile Co. (Zanesville, OH). Mosaic Faience Tiles. The most complete of Mosaic Tiles catalogs from this period with mantels, fountains, floor patterns, plaques, panels, roundels, individual decorative tiles, borders and trim shapes. 80 pages, 1929. Price: $50 with color. Upgraded in '06.
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Mosaic Tile Co. (Zanesville, OH). Mosaic Tiles in Color. This beautiful catalog exhibits numerous examples of Mosaic Tile patterns, colors and uses. From living rooms to bathrooms and kitchens, this catalog provides attractive pictures of Mosaic Tile installations with their specifications. 20 pages, c. 1929. Price: $45 in color.
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Mosaic Tile Co. (Zanesville, OH). "Ceramic, Granitex, Faience Mosaics" (Catalog No. 108). Ceramic mosaics became the most popular type of flooring at the turn of the 20th century. This catalog illustrates three different types of mosaics developed by one of the country's largest manufacturers. The patterns offered, some in color, others in black and white, show a wide variety of tile shapes and sizes as well as illustrations of bathrooms and kitchens. 32 pages , c. 1935. Price: $40 with color.
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Mosaic Tile Co. (Zanesville, OH). Handbook of Mosaic Clay Tiles. Along with an interesting variety of illustrated tile treatments in homes, hospitals, schools and natatoriums, the catalog features faience numerous hand-decorated tiles, inserts and strips, wall tile and ceramic mosaic in color combinations of the period as well as Carlyle quarry tile options in full color from its factory in Ironton, Ohio. 26 pages, c. 1940. New in '08. Price: $35 with color.
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Mueller Mosaic Co. (Trenton, NJ). Mueller TileFaience Inserts. Includes Architectural Faience, Polychrome Panels, Emblems, Signs, Flemish Hand-Made Tiling Inserts in Floors and Walls, Norman Flash Mosaic, Roman Faience Mosaic and Intarsia for Stucco Inserts, showing all products as applied. Most tiles and installations not found in other catalogs. 60 pages, c. 1930. Price: $25 with color.
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Mueller Mosaic Co. (Trenton, NJ). Mueller Tile: Polychrome Faience Tile Emblems, etc. Includes illustrations (line drawings) of individual tile designs, borders, panels, plaques, emblems, roundels as well as both extruded and relief moldings. 28 pages, c. 1930. Price: $10.
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Muresque Tiles, Inc. (Oakland, CA). A Catalog of Hand Made Tiles. From the Foreword: We have developed a high fired clay product wherein body and color mature at the same high temperature, possessing a soft and harmonious color value so greatly desired in any decorative treatment. 70 pages, most of which are illustrated with decorative tile designs and numerous fireplace mantels. 1930. Price: $25 with color. Upgraded in '06.
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Muresque Tiles, Inc. (Oakland, CA). Mantel Catalogue. A supplement to the first Muresque catalog, this one is devoted entirely to the enrichment of the fireplace and offers a comprehensive selection of mantels and arches of high quality and good design. Twenty-one unique facades adorn the 15 pages of this catalog published in 1931 or 32. Price: $10.
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National Tile Co. (Anderson, IN). Ceramic Mosaic Catalogue No. 12. Color Plates 100 to 135 demonstrate numerous ways in which different colored ceramic mosaics of the same size can be used to create large decorative patterns for floors. Every pattern includes a contrasting border treatment. Both the square and the rectangle are featured. 36 pages in full color, 1922. New in '06. Price: $75.
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Pacific Tile & Porcelain Co. (Paramount, CA). "Ceratile and Ramona." Want a taste of the 1950s? While Ramona was this company's standard 4-1/4" wall tile, Ceratile was claimed to be "revolutionary." And you'll have to see it to believe it! Thirty-four original designs, offering varied surface texture and color. The company employed "semi-automatic methods, thus allowing production in commercial volume." Talk about period tile! 20 pages, c. 1953. Price: $50 in color.
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Paducah Tile & Pottery Co. (Paducah, KY). Paducah Faience Tiles. Catalog F. This catalog illustrates arch mantels (dimensions included), embossed inserts and borders as well as bathroom accessories and trim shapes. 14 pages. Undated. Price: $10.
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C. Pardee Works. (Perth Amboy, NJ). Pardee Tiles. Here is a complete listing of the companys White Wall Tile and White Ceramics including trim shapes of every description as well as installation shots; Flint Tile and Ceramics, which includes field tile and border patterns for floors, many in color, along with select installations; Grueby-Faience with two pages of tiles in color in addition to pictures of installations; Satin Finish Tile for bathrooms complete with accessories in color; and a 16-page section on Royal-Delft Faience, an import from Holland, showing an extraordinary collection of individual decorative tiles. In full color. 48 pages, 1928. Price: $50 with color.
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Rhead, Frederick Hurten. Studio Pottery. Here is Frederick Rheads treatise on all aspects of pottery making from when he was an instructor in pottery at Peoples University outside of St. Louis. Illustrated by the author. 1910. Price: $15.
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Robertson Art Tile Co. (Trenton, NJ). Illustrated Catalogue of Embossed Art Tiles. This is a rare find, likely to be one of Robertson's earliest catalogs, if not THE earliest. Here are 14 Plates of embossed tiles that include wall tiles, caps and base tiles, borders, trim shapes, mantel facings and more, even a historic rendering of the original factory with horse-drawn wagons out front! 15 pages, circa 1900. Price: $15.
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Robertson Art Tile Co. (Trenton, NJ). "The Application of Ceramic Mosaic for Walls and Floors." Following an introduction containing the rational for using ceramic mosaic tiles in commercial and public installations, including some of the company's early successes, this catalog offers a number of full page photographic illustrations of conspicuous places where ceramic mosaics have been used both on walls and floors; also on the exterior of buildings, where they are used for decorative purposes. Also includes "A Treatise on Swimming Pools," promoting the use of ceramic mosaics in pools. 44 pages, c. 1910. Price: $15.
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Robertson Art Tile Co. (Trenton, NJ). "Robertson Planatile Series." Here is a distinctive line of Robertson decorative tiles, what the company called "An Innovation in Tile Proportion," for the pre-Depression marketplace, complete with "set-back caps," "plastagard cap," and "buttress base." See the "Flower-Petal" glazes introduced by the company, an early offering of pastel colors. 16 pages, 1930. Price: $15 with color.
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Rookwood Pottery (Cincinnati, OH). "Decorated Tiles, Mantel Facings and Complete Mantels." This is the ultimate in Rookwood, exquisitely presented, almost like new! The tiles are dazzling in their clarity and variety: individual design tiles, panels, murals, mantels, arches, corbels, grates, even some trim shapes. In addition, there are fountain backs, floor to ceiling wall arrangements, even fully tiled rooms. 64 pages, 1912. New in '06. Price: $25.
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Rookwood Pottery (Cincinnati, OH). Faience Tile. A beautiful display of individual decorative tiles, inserts, panels, medallions, figures, landscapes, masks and fountain heads. The illustrations are grouped according to subject or use. Price lists included. 20 pages, 1925. Newly upgraded in '06. Price: $15.
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Rossman Corp. (New York, NY). Here is a combination of two Rossman catalogs: Dust Pressed Faience, Bulletin No. 6, showing a colorfully tiled interior for every room of the house, and Everything in Tiles from Sweets Catalogue showing the floor, wall, and decorative tile products available from the company. 32 pages, 1929. Price: $60 in color.
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Solon & Schemmel (San Jose, CA). S&S Wall and Floor Tiles. This catalog illustrates individual decorative tile designs, a select number of floor patterns and trim pieces. Product lists with prices are included. 18 pages, c. 1925. Price: $10.
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Sparta Ceramic Co. (East Sparta, OH). Spartan Ceramics: Catalogue One. Includes twenty-five different floor patterns with border treatments created from combinations of the companys flint tile produced from pure shale. Demonstrates the importance of size and color variation in an effective tile floor installation. 26 pages, c. 1923. Price: $60 in color.
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Sparta Ceramic Co. (East Sparta, OH). Tiles by Sparta. Includes History of Plastic Tiles by historian Rexford Newcomb, Planning Recommendations and Characteristics of, Maintenance of, Uses of and How to Buy Sparta Tiles. This 64-page catalog provides a vast amount of information on Sparta Tiles and several photo examples of various tile installations in schools, hospitals, public and commercial buildings as well as private homes. Most spectacular are the color combinations of wall and floor tiles. 1940. Newly upgraded in '06. Price: $35 with color.
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Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co. (Pittsburgh, PA). Color and Style in Bathroom Furnishing and Decoration. This catalog contains an incredible array of luxurious period interiors in full color, all presented in a painterly fashion typical of the time. Several bathroom floor plans are included. 1929. 48 pages (some have been removed from the original but the integrity of the catalog is undiminished). Price: $80 in color.
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