← Artworks

Decorative Historical Tiles

Showcasing intricate floral and geometric tile designs, these images depict traditional tile work from mosques and mausoleums, characterized by vibrant colors and detailed craftsmanship.

UZBEKISTAN, NEAR BUKHARA, BAKHAUTIN NAQSHBAND MAUSELEUM, ENTRANCE, DETAIL OF TILEWORK
UZBEKISTAN, NEAR BUKHARA, BAKHAUTIN NAQSHBAND MAUSELEUM, ENTRANCE, DETAIL OF TILEWORK
157 assets in this story
7050-70035510
Portugal, Evora, hand painted ceramic plate
1848-78906090
Beautiful ornament on wall of palace in Amber Fort in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
4409-132180
AZULEJO TOLEDANO DE ARISTA CON FLORES DE CARDO E INFLUENCIA GOTICA - SIGLO XV. Location: INSTITUTO VALENCIA DE DON JUAN-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
1795-24152851
Spain, Granada, Relief work on wall of The Alhambra
6145-29832417
Piece 18th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 18th century. Silk / Compound weave. Edo period (1615-1868). Textiles-Woven
1899-51628861
Se Cathedral Porto. Baroque azulejos, or ceramic tiles. Porto. Portugal.
6176-67058240
'From the centre arch of the Court of Lions', 1907. Interior decoration in the palace of the Alhambra, Granada, Spain, which mainly dates from the 14th century. Colour plate 78 from "The Alhambra: being a brief record of the Arabian conquest of the Peninsula with a particular account of the Mohammedan architecture and decoration" by Albert F. Calvert. John Lane, London & New York, 1907
7153-70514834
Intricate frescoes, Tomb of Itimad-ud-Daulah (Baby Taj), Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India.
1848-49593020
Floral art pattern example of the Ottoman time
1848-61281764
Historic illustration, French ornaments, Ludwig XIV era room decoration
6145-59043455
GSELL-Laurent workshop. Album n ° 3; Stained glass project for Mr. Hittorf: "Renaissance" ornaments. Pencil, watercolor. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Album n ° 3, pencil, Renaissance ornament, project, stained glass, watercolor
4252-37683
Feature, Varenne Castle
4409-65764308
Roman geometric mosaic. From Villafranca. Navarre. 4th century AD. Detail. Navarre Museum.
6162-49114764
Aerial view of Monument to the Discoveries, on a partial sunny day, durind the pandemic Covid-19, in Lisbon, Portugal's capital.
1525-22563286
Traditional tiles (azulejos) in Lisbon, Portugal
1848-67109569
Jungfrauenhof stucco decoration with calligraphic elements
6145-29745976
Pavement tile 16th century Spanish, Seville Polychrome tiles had long been made in Spain in the cuerda seca (dry cord) technique, dating to the Muslim Almohad dynasty, in which colors were kept from running together during firing by a line of grease drawn between them. This method was not always successful, however, as the blurred outlines in some of these tiles indicate.. Pavement tile 187942 Spanish (Seville) (Andalusian), Pavement tile, 16th century, Tin-glazed earthenware, 3-1/16 x 3-1/16 in. (7.8 x 7.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1894 (94.4.454)
4409-153067
(QALAHURRA DE YUSUF I)MOSAICO CON INSCRIPCIONES. Location: ALHAMBRA-TORRE DE LA CAUTIVA. GRANADA. SPAIN.
1525-20406853
Closeup detail of old Portuguese glazed tiles.
7003-69600188
Tunisia, The Jerid Area, Tozeur, Dar Charait Museum, tilework
4409-17282383
ALTAR AZULEJOS TALAVERANOS (SALA CONCEJO). Location: OLD TOWN HALL. TRUJILLO. CACERES. SPAIN.
4443-8269
Renaissance ornament
4409-17489490
Peacock Mosaic from entrance hall of the Henry O. Havemeyer house, New York. Date/Period: 1890/1891. Favrile glass, pottery, and plaster. Width: 162.6 mm. Height: 132.08 x d10.16 mm (work). Author: LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY.
4409-17217385
Antoni Gaudí / Detail of the colored glasses of the windows of the trust room, made by the Peligrí Workshops, on the noble floor of the Güell Palace, 1888, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Museum: Palacio Güell, Barcelona, Cataluña, España.
4409-17292035
Anonymous / 'Tabletop of Don Rodrigo Calderón'. Ca. 1615. Lapis lazuli, White marble, Green marble. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.
6145-29137690
Page from a Manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdawsi. Iran, probably Shiraz, 1575-1600. Manuscripts; folios. Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
1848-63240434
Mosaic, in the Ca' d'Oro Palace, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
6145-44217070
Illusionist painted wetting ribs and vegatile motifs. Ceiling painting. Lime colors and tempera partially. 1510. Görlitz, residential company Untermarkt 5, treasury
1899-68920188
Merinide Abu al Hassan medersa, Sale, Morocco. Sculpted calligraphy.
6176-67035727
Detail of a tile design in Nabuel, Tunisia. Artist: Unknown
4409-41184
ARTE ISLAMICO. ESPAÑA. LA ALHAMBRA. Epoca Nazarí. Edificio cuya construcción se inició durante el reinado de Muhammad I y de Yüsuf en los siglos XIV y XV. Detalle de la CERAMICA ALICATADA que cubre las paredes del patio del CUARTO DORADO. GRANADA. Andalucía.
1848-61721449
Decorative unit in a mosaic composition, Roman villa with wonderful mosaic floors, 1st-5th century AD Desenzano del Garda, Lake Garda, Italy, Desenzano del Garda, Lake Garda, Italy, Europe
1848-54919825
Painted stucco on a wall, Amber Fort, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia
1525-22609472
Floral art pattern example of the Ottoman time
1746-21124243
Lead-glazed stoneware dragon tiles, from the Shanxi Province, China. Dated 15th Century
1848-63392215
Faience Mosaics, Shaikh Lotfullah Mosque, Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran, Asia
1848-61332337
Pompeian mural painting, antiquity, Roman-Hellenistic ornament
4409-20917089
MOSAICO ROMANO - SIGLO V - PROCEDENTE DE VILLA DAFNE (ANTIOQUIA) - EL FENIX - 6X4,25 M. Location: MUSEO DEL LOUVRE-MOSAICOS. France.
1899-17320245
Islamia art. Tilework Chimneypiece, Turkey, probably Istanbul, 1731. Geometric design. Victoria and Albert Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.
1890-30286
Modern and traditional designs from Tukahya, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia
4409-68777888
Tile for wainscoting and altar front, glazed and flat painted, seventeenth century, Huesca Diocesan Museum, Aragon community, Spain.
1889-48993095
Stained Glass Window
1848-61281933
Canvas of the Sassanid era, antiquity, Late-Persian ornament
7058-70084654
Lisbon, Portugal. Portuguese tilework
4272-44524
An intricate bas relief timber carved panel in the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, located in the district of Ghubrah, Muscat, Oman.
1525-26144909
blur in iran the old decorative flower tiles from antique mosque like background
6188-64591344
Train wall painting, Shekhawati, Rajasthan, India Copyright: xBrijeshxSharma/DinodiaxPhotox
1525-23756853
line in morocco africa old tile and colorated floor ceramic abstract
6145-51383841
Panel; silk
6145-29811864
Five Tiles from an Inscriptional Frieze early 14th century Once part of a calligraphic frieze within a tomb or religious structure, this tile holds three lines of religious text. Executed in thuluth script, the raised writing of the central band is part of a Quranic verse from Sura 2 (The Cow). The calligraphic inscriptions painted in luster above and below are from other sections of the Quran, although most of the luster on the lower register has worn off. Perhaps set at eye level above a dado of geometric tiles, the full group once formed a continuous band of text. A total of twenty tiles from this frieze are known to exist, including eight in the Museums collection.. Five Tiles from an Inscriptional Frieze 446691
1848-63261412
Ceiling structure, Vakil Bazaar, Shiraz, Iran, Shiraz, Iran, Asia
6145-29832999
Tile from a Frieze 13th century This tile bearing verses from the Quran may have once formed part of a calligraphic frieze within a tomb or religious structure. Written in thuluth script, the raised text from Sura 62 (Al-Jumu‘ah), Verse 9 demands that believers join in Friday prayer. The narrow bands of naskh script above and below also contain Quranic verses, here painted in luster over an opaque white glaze. Perhaps set at eye-level above a dado of geometric tiles, the full group would have once formed a continuous band of text. A total of twenty tiles from this frieze are known to exist, including eight in the Museums collection.. Tile from a Frieze 442871
4443-28732310
Painted tile with Quranic inscriptions, likely from a mosque or tomb, one of a pair, late 13th - early 14th century, 8 x 13 1/2 x 1 in. (20.3 x 34.29 x 2.5 cm), Earthenware with relief calligraphy and underglaze painted in turquoise and blue with gold luster overglaze, Kashan ware, Iran, Ilkhanid dynasty (1256-1353)
7079-69908630
Tapestry at the Miraj Islamic Art Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
1899-19626
Renaissance No 4 Plate LXXVII From The Grammar of Ornament by Owen Jones published by Day & Son London 1865
6145-29747211
The Farnese Table ca. 1565-73 Designed by Jacopo Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola Italian The Farnese table, one of the most beautiful and evocative pieces of Renaissance furniture in existence, was acquired by the Museum in 1958. Two years later, curator Olga Raggio presented it as a "rediscovered work by Vignola" in a magisterial article that has remained a model for subsequent studies in the history of furniture.1In its form-a marble top supported on three marble piers-the table reflects ancient Roman prototypes, such as are depicted in ancient frescoes.2 Each pier is carved in the center of each side with a grotesque torso and a coat of arms and on each end with a sphinx emerging from foliage. The top is a slab of white marble sumptuously inlaid in ancient Roman style with many different colored marbles and with semiprecious stones called pietre dure. So rich is the inlay that the white marble matrix is visible only in the lines that surround various borders and the larger geometri
1848-53968537
Coloured glazed terra cotta plate, Villa d'Este, Tivoli, Italy, Europe