Tile [Hardcover]

Jill Herbers (Author), Roy Wright (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 10, 1996

Now in paperback, here is the definitive, definitely inspiring work for homeowners and designers alike. Author Jill Herbers surveys the use of tile in such conventional settings as kitchens and baths, then ventures into less traditional locations like living rooms, foyers, staircases, and home offices. Outdoors, tiles are both beautiful and functional in courtyards, fountains, gardens, and on exterior walls.

Breathtaking full-color photographs showcase this beautiful and versatile craft. Herbers explores the use of tiles through history and as art, culture, and style, examining such topics as terra-cotta, the secret life of glazes, showroom survival, and tiling on a budget. An exhaustive, completely revised source guide provides contact information for artists, showrooms, designers, associations, and "tile experiences," to name just a few.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Hand-painted, glazed, carved, sculpted, machine-stamped--tiles add color, pattern, and texture to both interior and exterior settings. With brightly colored photos and well-written text, Tile traces the history of the medium through various periods and cultures, explains the various types and their manufacture, and offers ideas for utilizing tile in today's homes. And the material needn't be limited to kitchens and baths; there are plenty of suggestions for tiling areas such as stairways, halls, fireplaces, outdoor entryways, pools, and even furnishings.

From Library Journal

Herbers provides an overview of the use of tile in decorating. Beginning with its use throughout the world?a section that is not as definitive as Tony Herbert and Kathryn Huggins's The Decorative Tile in Architecture and Interiors (Phaidon, 1995)?she describes the types of tile available today: handmade, imported, machine-made, and mosaic. There is also an extensive section of photographs illustrating tile use in interior and garden design. Concluding with an extensive list of nationwide sources for tile as well as places where the best examples of its use can be seen, this will be a good source for medium to large public libraries.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Artisan (January 10, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885183291
• ISBN-13: 978-1885183293
• Product Dimensions: 12.3 x 8.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,974,799 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Book on Tile You Can Buy, July 21, 2000

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This review is from: Tile (Hardcover)

This book has it all--tile in art, history, and all the cultures of the world; tile in living rooms, entryways, backyards, and around picture frames; everything on mosaics, glazes, and tilemaking; how to choose it and use it; where to find it. If you didn't love tile before you saw this book, you will. The book is also the most beautiful--it is itself a work of art. The information is fascinating, the writing entertaining. The 40-page resource section is invaluable. I've seen all the books on tile--if you get only one book, make sure it's this one.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A gorgeous full-color book about tiles and their uses, May 11, 2002

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This review is from: Tile (Paperback)

Enhanced with the photography of Roy Wright, Tile is a gorgeous full-color book about tiles and their uses for both practicality and art throughout the centuries. From ancient tiles to the immense modern variety and applications of tiles in kitchens, bathrooms, walls, and outdoor ceramics today, Tile contains just about everything there is to know about the art and wonder of tiles. A fine reference work by architectural writer and interior design expert Jill Herbers and enthusiastically recommended for personal, professional, academic, and community library collections, Tile will make any reader reconsider the beauty and wonder of a seemingly ordinary part of interior design.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure art, July 19, 2011

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This review is from: Tile (Hardcover)

This is an inspiring look at how tile is pure art, and a look into the soul of a culture. Color, life, beauty, expression--both the material and the book have it all.