{"id":495,"date":"2014-06-16T15:47:34","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T22:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/?p=495"},"modified":"2014-06-16T15:58:43","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T22:58:43","slug":"geometric-tile-by-volga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/?p=495","title":{"rendered":"Geometric Tile by Volga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140606-IMG_4205.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"title_image alignleft wp-image-496\" src=\"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140606-IMG_4205.jpg\" alt=\"Geometric Tile by Volga\" width=\"350\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140606-IMG_4205.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140606-IMG_4205-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>The tile company that produced this tile is a mystery. Volga Tile Studios is listed in the Los Angeles City directory for 1926 but doesn't appear there prior to or after 1926. It was owned by Nina de Volgenski who is also quite elusive and left no tracks to follow.<\/p>\n<p>There are a few known tiles that Volga produced. All of them are white clay cuenca tiles, often\u00a0with Russian motifs. I find them quite beautiful and am actively researching the history of the studio. <span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">If you know anything about it - or have any Volga tiles - please <a href=\"mailto:contact@curiousclay.com\"><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">contact me<\/span><\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This particular tile has Art Nouveau geometric design in wonderful colors separated by raised lines (cuenca). It is marked \"Volga\" on the front and has an inscription \"109\" on the back.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dimensions: 5 1\/2\" x 5 3\/4\"<\/li>\n<li>Acquired: Temecula, California, May\u00a02014<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140606-IMG_4206.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"body_image alignleft wp-image-497\" src=\"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140606-IMG_4206-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"Geometric Tile by Volga\" width=\"150\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140606-IMG_4206-300x291.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140606-IMG_4206.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tile company that produced this tile is a mystery. Volga Tile Studios is listed in the Los Angeles City directory for 1926 but doesn't appear there prior to or after 1926. It was owned by Nina de Volgenski who &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/?p=495\">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":[25,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-single-tiles","category-volga-tile-studios"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495","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=495"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":502,"href":"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495\/revisions\/502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}