3.7m2 Mosaic themed French floor - 1920's

A small mosaic themed French ceramic floor produced by Societe Mosaique-Ceramique Maubeuge in the 1920's, the tiles are reverse stamped MCM FRANCE. 

The 14.5cm, 17mm thick tiles are in a faux mosaique design of a central aubergine coloured motif with sky blue diamond accents and mid grey piping on a white slip.

The floor, which has been professionally restored and comes ready to relay, comes with 70 ceramic mosaic themed half border tiles, which have been shown in duplicate.

Total surface area is 3.7m2 / 40 sq ft

The floor has cleaned well revealing a heavy quality ceramic, a small number of tiles bear small groutable chips or edge nibbles.

A perfect, unique and practical floor for a small bathroom (or a larger one framed with a complimentary modern ceramic or antique wood), a porch, toilet, mud room

Tile quantities:-

MOSAIC FIELD - 145 tiles - 3m2 / 32.3 sq. ft

HALF SIZE BORDER - 70 tiles* - 0.7m2 / 7.5 sq. ft.

*9.9 linear metres / 32.6 linear ft.

NOTE:-
Antique tiles were most commonly made in single or two tile moulds. Before current computer automation methods their moulds were made my hand and the colour slips mixed by eye. Kiln temperatures could also be variable, as could the firing time. The result is that often tiles display subtle size and thickness variations and there can be tonal variations in colours, owing to the slip mixing and/or firing time. All of this makes these handmade tiles unique and adds to their charm. Some floors display their subtle variations in size and tones, some not, but when photographing we always take a random section of the floor so that it is representative of the whole. A tiler should always dry lay a section of the tiles to familiarise himself with them before starting to fix lay.