Tile
ca. 1880
Isaac Broome
Decorative Arts
These tiles set in a plain, painted wooden frame were probably arranged in this manner for display in a showroom, as opposed to the more elaborately framed tiles nearby that were intended as decoration for a domestic interior. The tiles illustrate the range of colors and sizes offered by the firm.
- Maker/Artist
- Broome, Isaac
- Classification
- Tiles
- Formatted Medium
- Glazed earthenware, wood
- Medium
- glazed, earthenware, wood
- Locations
- Place manufactured: Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, United States
- Inscribed
- on top front of frame stenciled in white: "TILES" White paper label affixed to top front of frame: printed in black: "123" on bottom front of frame stenciled in white: "MADE BY THE BEAVER FALLS ART TILES CO. l'TD./BEAVER FALLS, PA."
- Departments
- Decorative Arts
- Accession Number
- 79.173.1
- Credit Line
- H. Randolph Lever Fund
- Rights Statement
- No known copyright restrictions
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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