This section is from the "Architectural Pottery" book, by Leon Lefevre. Also see Amazon: Architectural Pottery.
The ground to be paved is thoroughly levelled and rammed down, and the quarries are laid on a bed of cement or, more economically, on plaster. The quarries may be square (Fig. 611), hexagonal (Figs. 613, 614), or octagonal (Fig. 622). This latter form is combined with little white (Fig. 621) or black (Fig. 623) squares to produce various patterns of pavement (Figs. 624, 625). In the same way diamond - shaped white (Fig. 618) or black (Fig. 620) are combined with the hexagonal shape (Fig. 619) to give the patterns represented in Figs. 616 and 617.
Fig. 611.
Fig. 612.
Fig. 613.
Fig. 614.
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Fig. 616.
Fig. 617.
Fig. 618.
Fig. 619.
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Figs. 611 to 625. Quarries and their Applications.
Maker. | Colour. | Shape. | Dimensions. | Weight. | Quantity to the Square Metre. | Price in Francs. | Remarks. | ||
Side and Thickness. | Inscribed Circle. | Per 1000 (1). | Per Square Metre, | ||||||
Boulancer (Auneuil) . | • • • | Square | 0.l6 | .. | 1.350 | 39 | 45 | 1.57 | (1) Catalogue prices, on which a reduc-tion is always made, depending upon the amount of the order. Goods taken at the factory. |
Gilardoni freres. | Hexagonal | 0.16 | . . | O.750 | 41 | 40 | 1.64 | ||
Lartigue (Auch) . | Red | Square | 0.185 x 0.025 | • • • | I.850 | • • | 70 | • • | |
" | " | 0.22x0.025 | • • • | 2.175 | • • | 80 | ... | ||
Red or white | " | 0.095 x 0.003 | • • • | O.3OO | • .. | 80 | • • • | ||
Red | Hexagonal | 0.115 x 0.022 | 0.20 | 1.575 | • • | 80 | ... | ||
" | Octagonal | 0.095 x 0.023 | O.23 | 2.075 | • • • | 100 | • • | ||
Legros (Dieppe) | " | Square | 0.160 | .. • | 1.I50 | • • | 85 | ... | |
" | " | 0.22 | • • • | 2.4OO | • • | 100 | • • • | ||
Hexagonal | 0.16 | ... • | I. IOO | ... • | 85 | .. | |||
Tuilerie de Bourgogne (Montchanin) . | " | Square | 0.16x0.018 | ... • | I.OOO | 40 | 40 | 1.60 | |
" | 0.215 x 0.024 | • • • | 2.IOO | 20 | 80 | 1.60 | |||
White | " | 0.090x0.020 | • • | O.3OO | 20 | 40 | • • • | Goes with octagonal. | |
Red | Hexagonal | 0.080x0.018 | O.15 | I.800 | 40 | 40 | 1.60 | ||
" | " | 0.120x0.024 | 0.21 | I.800 | 25 | 80 | 2.00 | ||
" | Octagonal | 0.090 x 0.020 | 0.2I | I.600 | 20 | 80 | 1.60 | ||
Perrusson fils and Des-fontaines (Ecuisses). | " | Square | 0.160 | • • • | 1.000 | 40 | 50 | 2.00 | |
" | " | 0.223 | • • | 2.500 | 20 | 90 | 1.80 | ||
White or black | " | 0.050 | • • • | 0.220 | 25 | 28 | • • | Goes with octagonal. | |
" | Diamond | 0.125 | • • | 0.330 | • • | 50 | • • • | Goes with hexagonal. | |
Red | Hexagonal | 0.085 | O.I5 | 0.850 | 50 | 50 | 2.50 | ||
" | " | 0.095 | O.I7 | 1.250 | 40 | 90 | 8.60 | ||
" | " | 0.125 | 0.21 | 1.800 | 25 | 90 | 2.25 | ||
" | .. | • • • | • • • | 18 | 90 | 2.80 | 18 white or black diamond-shaped are required. | ||
" | Octagonal | O.I2X0.06 | 0.20 | 1.700 | 25 | 90 | 2.98 | 25 white or black squares are required. | |
Societe Generale des Tuileries de Marseille | " | Square | 0.150 x 0.017 | • • • | 0.500 | 44 | .. | ... | These quarries, called Mar-seilles ferruginous, are nearly equal in hardness to quarries of stoneware pottery. |
" | " | 0.200x0.017 | • • • | 1.200 | 25 | .. | .. | ||
" | Hexagonal | 0.200x0.015 | • • • | 0.950 | 25 | ... | ... |
 
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