View all examples of CUENCA TILE-TYPE A
| Type Name: | CUENCA TILE-TYPE A |
| Type Index: | MAJOLICA |
| Production Origin: | SPAIN |
| Date Range: | 1500-1575 |
| Defining Attributes: |
Paste is typically cream to buff in color although reddish paste has been noted. Off-white background with impressed designs painted in blue, green, manganese, honey, or gold. Geometric design motifs including linked polygons, chains, and eight-pointed stars. |
| Vessel Forms: |
TILE |
| Comments: | These tiles typically measure 10.9 to 11.2 centimeters per side and from 2.5 to 3 centimeters in thickness. Moorish in inspiration and tradition, straight-lined geometric designs are the most common, however geometric designs using curves are known. |
| Published Definitions: | Hostos 1938, Gonzalez Marti 1952, Deagan 1987; Goggin 1968 |