11m2 / 120 sq ft ceramic encaustic floor with double borders c.1920-1930 (CL1)

A double border ceramic encaustic hallway floor, totaling c.11.5 m2 / 120 sq ft, dated c.1920-1930. The floor consists of a strongly geometrically themed principal field tile of an aubergine band on a mid grey fond, linked by an off-white cross and sky blue motif. The border tiles, in the same palette and laid in double back to back and are classically French, harking back in their design to the beginning of the 20th century. Shown laid in duplicate, the border series can be laid as a single tile depending on the linear length of border required or your personal preference.

Reclaimed from the kitchen and dining rooms of a period property in Recquignies, Picardy, France along with two other floors, this is a classical tessellation, unfussy on the eye but beautifully framed by its borders. Details of the other two floors, which have a common period styling, can be found by clicking here and here.

Ceramic encaustic and we think produced by Winckelmans (who are one of the last great producers from the Belle Epoque still manufacturing in France now) both the principal field tile and the border tiles are 15 cm sq / c. 6 inches. 

The floor has cleaned very well of old wax and mortar and arrives ready to relay. A small number of tiles display small groutable chips and edge nibbles but they have been individually quality controlled are of excellent quality. Being ceramic encaustic they can be laid inside or outside of the home and of course can be used very efficiently with underfloor heating systems.

Tile quantities, give or take one or two:-

Main field tiles - 400 - 9.5m2

Border tiles - 82 (4 external corners, 3 internal corners) - 2m2 or 13 linear metres / 42.5 linear feet*

* Half the linear measurement if the borders are to be laid in double as shown in the photographs.