{"id":219,"date":"2014-01-07T16:07:42","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T00:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/?p=219"},"modified":"2015-03-07T20:38:01","modified_gmt":"2015-03-08T04:38:01","slug":"flamenco-dancers-table-by-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/?p=219","title":{"rendered":"Flamenco Dancers Table by Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Flamenco<\/a>Taylor Tilery (1930 - 1941, also known as Santa Monica Brick Company) produced at least a dozen designs depicting Spanish and Mexican dancers. Tile tables were hugely popular in early 1930s, and Taylor was working closely with a few furniture makers in Los Angeles area.<\/p>\n

This table has a six-tile cuerda seca (\"dry line\") mural surrounded by green border tiles with contrasting black corners and set in a simple wooden frame. The tiles are fortunately in fantastic condition with what I think might be original terracotta grout.<\/p>\n

This particular scene is somewhat more common with a different set of glazes. The background is usually yellow and the man's outfit is blue, as shown on page 152 of the California Tile, The Golden Era 1910-1940 (vol. 2)<\/em>. The design on my table has fewer glaze colors than the other version but is equally striking.<\/p>\n