Union des tuileries du centre
A 1903 French trade catalogue issued by the Union des tuileries du centre, a association of tile and brick makers in Mâcon, printed at Rennes, offering architectural ceramic pieces to builders and masons. The pictures are flat red-and-black working drawings of window frames, pilasters, a fireplace or door surround, and a Gothic-arched parapet with finials, with dimensions printed in the margins; a designer could take their repeating pattern blocks, arched openings and carved finials as ready templates for decorative brick or tile work.
