Object details
Object number
C7c3
Creator(s)
Grueby Faience & Tile Co.
(active Revere, Massachusetts, 1894 - 1920)
Title
Floor Tiles
Date
about 1914
Medium
Glazed ceramic
Dimensions
15.2 x 15.2 cm (6 x 6 in.) each
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the ceramics manufacuter Grueby Faience & Tile Co., Boston on 26 September 1914 for $477.10.
Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 51. (as purchased in 1914)
Gallery
Spanish Cloister
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