WALL  AND  FLOOR  TILES.

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in  the  Poorana  Ivilla,  which  was  the  citadel  of  Slier
Shak’s  city,  just  outside  tke  Delhi  Gate  of  the  modern
town.”*  Pcrgussou  says  that  colored  tiles  were  then  fieely
employed.
Spanish  Tiles.
Soleria,  A.  Y.,  Tarragona.  In  the  Spanish  seetion
there  were  some  interesting  torms  of  tiles  and  mosaic  work,
glazed  and  encaustic,
but  chiefly  glazed  or
enamelled,  on  a  basis
of  brick  clay.  The
largest  square  tiles
measure  7  |  inches  on
a  side,  and  are  fiveeighths
  of  an  inch
thick.  The  tiles,  of
which  two  of  the
forrns  and  combinations
  are  here  shown
in  outline,  are  much  smaller,  the  hexagons  being  about
inches  long  and  1^  inches  wide.  The  colors  are  black  and
greeu,  and
the  star
between  is
white.
The  peculiar
  curved
triangulär
tile,  about
two  inches
broad  and
enamelled  in
different  colors,  produces  a  pleasing  though  somewhat  bewildering
  effect.
Latin©  and  Setting  Tiles.
One  great  drawback  to  the  general  use'  of  tiles  in  the
United  States,  especially  in  private  residences  in  the  coun-*
  *  H.  G.  Reene,  in  a  “Note  on  tlie  Stone  Industries  of  Agra.”