Victorian Tiles
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© Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Inv. CIRC.739 & A to E-1969
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Shape Type: Miscellaneous Pattern Type: Literature, Classical, Mythology, and the Arts Date: c. 1880-1885 Maker: Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Description: Dust-pressed earthenware tile printed in brown from a set of six tiles with scenes from Little Red Riding Hood. Probably designed by Thomas Allen, formerly at Mintons, and by 1876, at Wedgwood, where he became chief designer and then Art Director. These examples were removed from 180 Queens Gate, London, SW7, a house designed by Norman Shaw. BACK TO CATALOG INDEX
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