Architectural terracotta refers to a fired mixture of clay and water that can be used in a non-structural, semi-structural, or structural capacity on the...
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shaping technique. Terracotta is also used to refer to the natural brownish-orange color of most terracotta. Glazed architectural terracotta and its unglazed...
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Glazed architectural terra cotta is a ceramic masonry building material used as a decorative skin. It featured widely in the 'terracotta revival' from...
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The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. It is a form of funerary...
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The New York Architectural Terra-Cotta Company was a manufacturer of architectural terracotta based in Queens, New York, U.S. Beginning in the 1870s, architectural...
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Royal Doulton (category Manufacturer of architectural terracotta)
coloured clays"; "Carrara" (1887), white earthenware, also used as architectural terracotta; "Marquetrie" (1887), "marbled clays in checker work", then glazed;...
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temples in pottery, and depictions on tombs or vases. Remains of the architectural terracotta elements sometimes survive in considerable quantities, and museums...
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modelling decorated with coloured glazes", including much glazed architectural terracotta and Victorian majolica, adding a further complexity to the list...
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Burmantofts Pottery (category Manufacturer of architectural terracotta)
bricks and tiles in orange or buff-coloured architectural terracotta, glazed bricks, and glazed terracotta. Architect Alfred Waterhouse used their materials...
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Gibbs and Canning (category Manufacturer of architectural terracotta)
Canning Limited was an English manufacturer of terracotta and, in particular, architectural terracotta, located in Glascote, Tamworth, and founded in...
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