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tile in black or white comes in many shapes, and the
company also makes hard-to-find trim and edging tile
in a wide variety of colors and forms. The tile is rectified
and available on backing with spacing of one-sixteenth
of an inch or three-thirty-seconds of an inch.
L’Esperance Tile Works features flat field tiles with a
machine or hand-cut edge as well as edge tiles of all
kinds. Notably, they make decorative liners and frieze
tiles with Victorian-style raised designs such as Shell
& Ribbon and Cornucopia. They offer both ready
made and custom tiles.
Heritage Tile’s Subway Ceramics sells rectified field
tiles in a variety of colors and shapes suitable for
nineteenth and twentieth century styles and a large
selection of edge trims. The tiles are free of backing or
spacers, so the installer determines the spacing.
Left, an immaculate renovated
bathroom at Arlington Place Bed
and Breakfast in Bed Stuy features
a classic combo of hex tile on the
floor and, on the walls, embossed
decorative tile over square field tile.
Photo by Emily Gilbert for Arlington
Place Bed and Breakfast. Above,
shells and ribbons cap subway tile
in a bathroom in Prospect Heights.
Photo by Susan De Vries.
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