'Tiles & Styles, Jugendstil & Secession: Art Nouveau and Arts & Crafts Design in German and Central European Decorative Tiles, 1895-1935' by Ken Forster is a look at decorative tiles made in a certain region in a certain time frame.

In this case the area is Germany, Austria, Hungary and Bohemia/Moravia/Czechoslovakia. The time frame cover the years between 1895 to 1935. Styles were influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement, Jugendstil, Secession and moving in to Art Nouveau. The tiles were used as parts of walls, trays, floors, and stoves. How the form developed over many countries is discussed as well as the many factories and designers that made them. Along with the text are plenty of examples of these beautiful tiles.

I like the design work of this era, but I was unfamiliar with the sheer variety of tiles that this book explores. This is an interesting reference for collectors and students of the era.

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