21 Antique Grueby Green Tile Fireplace Surround, Arts and Crafts LOT 3

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21 Antique Grueby Green Tile Fireplace Surround, Arts and Crafts LOT 3:
$950.00

This is a listing for 21 - 3x6 Grueby of Boston tiles. They are that wonderful Dark watermelon glaze of the Art Nouveau and are 100% structurally sound. No cracks. These are a great set saved from a 1898 home torn down in Helena Montana, offer with confidence. Guaranteed to be packed, wrapped and shipped correctly. Please see my other Grueby tile listings. Feel free to ask any questions you have. ThanksSome History Please........

TheGrueby Faience Company, founded in 1894, was an Americanceramicscompany that produced distinctive vases and tiles during America\'sArts and Crafts Movement.

The company was founded inRevere, Massachusetts, by William Henry Grueby (Boston 1867—New York 1925), who had been inspired by the matte glazes on French pottery and the refined simplicity of Japanese ceramics he had seen at theWorld\'s Columbian Expositionin Chicago the previous year, and the architect-designerWilliam Graves.[1]During its first years, Grueby produced glazed architectural terra cotta andfaiencetiles. Teamed with the designer George Prentiss Kendrick, who was responsible for the simple vase shapes,[2]beginning in 1897/98, and focusing primarily onart potteryvases, Grueby introduced matte glazes, including the matte cucumber green that became the company\'s hallmark.[3]

Grueby\'s work won two gold medals and one silver medal at theExposition Universelle(Paris, 1900), medals at thePan-American Exposition(Buffalo, 1901), and a gold medal at both the St. Petersburg Exhibition of Ceramics (1901) and theLouisiana Purchase Exposition(St. Louis, 1904).

Grueby Faience stood in the mainstream of Arts and Crafts andArt Nouveaudesign in the United States. Graves and Kendrick were eventually replaced by the architect Addison LeBoutillier and Henry Belknap, who had worked withLouis Comfort Tiffany. Later, Karl Langenbeck, formerly of theRookwood Pottery, would superintend design.[4]Soon Grueby vases were for sale atSamuel Bing\'s shop in Paris, L\'Art Nouveau, which gave a name to the progressive art movement, and throughTiffany & Co.in New York, whereTiffany Studiosused Grueby lamp bases.Gustav Stickleyincorporated Grueby tiles in his stands and tables, shared a stand with Grueby at thePan-American Expositionand through his catalog offered Grueby vases and lamps.[5]

Grueby\'s work incited mass-market competition[6]and the company went bankrupt in 1909.[7]Grueby emerged from bankruptcy and began limited production runs that included statues, pottery, and tiles until 1911. There was a fire in the manufactory in 1913,[8]but Grueby rebuilt. In 1917, the C. Pardee Works in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, bought out the company\'s works; the Grueby company closed for good in 1920.