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maiolica

[ muh-yol-i-kuh ]

noun



maiolica

/ məˈjɒlɪkə /

noun

  1. a variant of majolica


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The collaboration is “inspired by traditional Sicilian kitchens” and meant to mimic the look of Sicilian fruit vendor carts, blue-painted maiolica tile patterns, and traditional Sicilian artwork.

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Giorgio was a statuary as well as a painter of maiolica, several of his sculptures in marble being yet extant.

If not the most ancient, Faenza was one of the most celebrated of the manufactories of maiolica in Italy.

According to Passeri there were fabriques of maiolica at Forlì in the 14th century.

As an example of Venetian maiolica, circa 1700, see Fig. 25, a plate painted with an architectural subject.

Francesco Saverio Grue, a man of letters and science, became about this time director of this Neapolitan maiolica fabrique.

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