c.16.75m2 - The magnificence of the Belle Epoque..

An antique ceramic floor designed by Paul Charnoz at Ceramiques de Paray le Monial in the eponymously named town in Burgundy, France this reclaimed and now fully restored handmade floor is art in ceramic. The floor was manufactured in the early years of the 20th century.

c.16.75 m2 / 180 sq ft in surface area and in excellent condition there are small chips and edge nibbles on some tiles, all groutable. But the ceramic is excellent on these quality handmade 17.5cm square ceramics which weigh well over a kilo each.

A geometric field tile, opening up its design across a four tile tessellation, is double framed by two same sized lush and fluid borders. The outer, taking from the same palette, vegetal and including a faux half size border. The second and internal border actually using two individual tiles, one left facing, one right facing. All 4 border corners for both border series are present and correct.

A magnificent, indulgent, bourgeois ceramic from the Belle Epoque. 

Tile  quantities by tile type:-

Field – 400 tiles - 12.25m2 / 132 sq ft.

Outer large border– 68 tiles plus 4 corners - 2.2m2 / 12.6 linear metres / 41.3 linear ft.

Inner large border* – right facing – 37 tiles - 1.2m2 / 6.8 linear metres / 22.4 linear ft.

Inner large border* – left facing – 37 tiles - 1.2m2 / 6.8 linear metres / 22.4 linear ft.

*plus their four border corners

plus c.1m2 of free tile rejects for the tiler to use as offcuts