- Title : Tile: female profile
- Artist: Melkiorre Melis Designer
- Accession: XX1990.556
- Country: Italy Rome
- Date: circa 1925
- Dimensions: Inches 14-3/8 13-1/8, Centimeters 36.5 33.3
- Collection: Object
- Category: Decorative Arts and Furniture
- Subject: Portraits , Figurative , Ethnic , Ceramics/Ceramic Design
- Credit Line: The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
- URL: XX1990.556.JPG
- Tags: Decorative Arts and Furniture
Description:
Overall caramel gloss glazed square ceramic tile depicting female profile wearing blue and red cap with ornate yellow trim; set in hand-carved, dark brown stained wooden frame with overall foliate and geometric decoration; tile supported in frame by four metal tabs mounted onto frame rear; hanger at top center protrudes from top of frame and incised with foliate design, mirroring decorative work on frame.