American Encaustic Tile Company Framed Allegorical Art Nouveau Tile. From these eyes the image depicts the journey of the imagination on a magic carpet breathing in the incense of life. What symbolic representation do you see? Clearly this artist was aware of Beardsley and similar schools of design. Who was Burt? as the face of the tile is signed ~ we simply don’t know! Rare is an understatement as we have never encountered such a tile by A.E.T.Co before or since finding this example and most likely never will again. Original frame, we presume. Overall dimensions are 15” tall by 10 1/2” wide while the tile within the frame measures 4 1/2” by 9”. Embossing on back of tile reads: Patent Grip Back A.E.T.Co.

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