Maison Carree — ceramic art tile

Maison Carree

Keepsake · 2 in / Glossy / Loose
$22.00
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Maison Carree — ceramic art tile
  • Maison Carree — ceramic art tile
  • Maison Carree — front
  • Maison Carree — scale
  • Maison Carree — gifting
  • Maison Carree — grouping
  • Above the bench, in a warm oak surround.
  • Beside the kettle, propped on the counter.
  • Above the linens, in a slim black surround.
  • On the nightstand, on a light oak stand.
  • On a picture ledge, where the light comes in.
  • Maison Carree — ceramic art tile
  • Maison Carree — front
  • Maison Carree — scale
  • Maison Carree — gifting
  • Maison Carree — grouping
  • Above the bench, in a warm oak surround.
  • Beside the kettle, propped on the counter.
  • Above the linens, in a slim black surround.
  • On the nightstand, on a light oak stand.
  • On a picture ledge, where the light comes in.
Maison Carree

Maison Carree

$22.00
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A small Roman temple in the old centre of Nîmes, more or less intact after two thousand years. Built early in the first century, dedicated to two of Augustus's grandsons. Six Corinthian columns at the front, a tall podium, the warm pale limestone of the Gard. Thomas Jefferson had a stucco model made of it in 1785 while American minister to France, and copied the plan for the Virginia State Capitol. UNESCO added it to the World Heritage list in 2023, late recognition for something that has been quietly standing in plain view for the whole of European history.

Slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, in our family studio in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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