Glazed architectural terra cotta is a ceramic masonry building material used as a decorative skin. It was featured widely in the 'terracotta revival' from the 1880s until the 1930s.
Elmslea Chambers in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia – built in 1933, it was one of the first buildings in Australia to use coloured polychrome terracotta in its façade which features a fine relief of birds, flowers, leaves and typical Art Deco sunbursts under the windows.
Polychrome glazed capital, circa 1915. Randalls Lost NYC collection
White glazed Sullivanesque, circa 1925. Randalls Lost NYC collection
Gloucester Road station, Piccadilly line, with the sang de boeuf glazed tiles used on many London Underground station buildings.
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Faience or faïence is the general English language term for fine tin-glazed pottery. The invention of a white pottery glaze suitable for painted decoration, by the addition of an oxide of tin to the s
Glazed architectural terra-cotta
…played a significant role in architectural styles such as the Chicago School and Beaux-Arts architecture. The material, also known in Great Britain as faience and sometimes referred to as "architectural ceramics" in the USA was closely associated with the work of Cass Gilbert, Louis Sullivan, and Daniel H…
Modern bowl in a traditional pattern, made in Faenza, Italy, which gave its name to the type
Sophisticated Rococo Niderviller faience, by a French factory that also made porcelain, 1760–65
Hispano-Moresque ware dish from Manises, 15th century, the earliest type of European faience
Rococo tureen, Marseille, c. 1770