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Tile Restoration Center is a small tile company dedicated to
producing historically accurate reproductions of American Arts &
Crafts tile makers such as Ernest Batchelder and Claycraft. The
company has also created dozens of new designs in the Arts & Crafts
style to complement those historical images that are faithfully
reproduced. All involved pride themselves on the amount of care and
hand work that goes into each and every tile made, not just for
looks, but in the dignified and creative spirit of the early
twentieth century.
Tile Restoration Center was founded in the late 1980s by Marie Glasse
Tapp, a potter and ceramic artist familiar with the work of Ernest
Batchelder and other Southern California tile makers of the early
twentieth century. As she worked to restore historic tile
installations in Washington State, she encountered the need to
replace a few irreparable Batchelder tiles. In order to do this,
Marie needed to deduce and devise a method to create new tiles with
the look and feel of those old distressed tiles. The concept of Tile
Restoration Center was then set to evolve from a business of strictly
restoration to primarily the reproduction of historic tiles.
Today, Tile Restoration Center is owned and operated by Steve Moon,
an employee of over ten years and long time studio manager.
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