{"id":392,"date":"2014-02-02T21:24:35","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T05:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/?p=392"},"modified":"2014-07-23T18:21:05","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T01:21:05","slug":"stand-with-a-roundel-tile-set-by-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/?p=392","title":{"rendered":"Stand with a Roundel Tile Set by Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140105-IMG_3827-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-397\" style=\"border: 1px solid #999; margin: 5px 20px 10px 10px; padding: 4px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140105-IMG_3827-2.jpg\" alt=\"Stand with a Roundel Tile Set by Taylor\" width=\"350\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140105-IMG_3827-2.jpg 824w, http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140105-IMG_3827-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140105-IMG_3827-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/a>This tall stand is surprising. The tiles are undoubtedly made by Taylor Tilery (1930 - 1941), but I suspect that the stand itself - or, at least, the base - was made much later by a woodworker who had a set of vintage tiles lying around.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor has produced a vast array of geometric designs in Moorish and Spanish tradition. Most of them were square, but there are quite a few known examples of roundels consisting of four tiles. This design is documented in Santa Monica Tiles (Taylor Tilery) Catalog Number 2 as \"D139.\"<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The set of four tiles is placed into an octagonal wooden frame; the top of the stand might be original. The glossy glazes on the tiles are in perfect condition with no chips or surface wear.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dimensions: 17\" diameter (not including the wooden edge), four 8 1\/4\" quarter-roundel tiles<\/li>\n<li>Acquired: Portland, Oregon, August 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/20140105-IMG_3824.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-189\" style=\"border: 1px solid #999; margin: 5px 5px 10px 10px; padding: 4px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/20140105-IMG_3824-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"Stand with a Roundel Tile Set by Taylor\" width=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/20140105-IMG_3824-232x300.jpg 232w, http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/20140105-IMG_3824.jpg 776w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tall stand is surprising. The tiles are undoubtedly made by Taylor Tilery (1930 - 1941), but I suspect that the stand itself - or, at least, the base - was made much later by a woodworker who had a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/?p=392\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-taylor-tilery","category-tile-tables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":538,"href":"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions\/538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}