The Beauty of Cement Tiles

A modern pattern revoution

Tile mockup

Cement tiles are handmade colourful tiles used as floor and wall tiling.

They appeared in the 1850s in Catalonia, Spain. They were exhibited in the Paris International Exposition of 1867 by the Catalan company Garret & Rivet. In the United States, several sources say the first tiles were made near the country's first Portland cement plant.

Today they are created using updated technology to create clean lines and crisp patterns.

Cement tile is also called encaustic tile.

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