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The art of using tile for decorative effects in buildings.

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  • This was the plan adopted in a tilery near Dublin, some years ago.
  • Her father was a security guard at the Lucas factory, which also stood upon the grounds and her great-great-grandfather was the manager of the tilery works at the end of...
  • If a personal examination of a successful tilery is impracticable, it will be necessary to employ a practical brick-maker, or potter, to direct the construction and...
  • Probably the most positive effect of the foregoing description, on the mind of any man who contemplates establishing a tilery, will be to cause him to visit some...
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