 square tiles in the olden days were placed together and necessary design was painted in glazed colors on them. each tile was fired.tiles then all were placed again next to each other to create the main large illustration. mathematically-minded people elaborated geometric designs, providing a continous decoration. most designs required four tiles to complete a pattern, some required as many as sixteen. a ‘wallpaper’ pattern is one that has translation symmetry in two directions (such as left/right and up/down).branded tiles a frieze pattern is one that has translation symmetry in one direction. a rosette pattern is one that has no translation symmetry, just reflection and/or rotation symmetry. Labels: branded tiles, ceramic tiles, tiles in india |
