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Cuban Mortar Tiles Chapter 2: History of Tiles; From European roots to their arrival in Havana
Fig 9 The name of the factory was sometimes
imprinted on the back of the tile - the example
above says ‘Escofet y Cia Barcelona’
Fig 14 Elaborate “carpet” design by Luis
Domenech y Montaner (from ‘Escofet’ catalogue
no 6 1900).
Fig 10 A rare catalogue for Cuban mosaicos
hidraulicos produced by ‘La Cubana’
factory (undated but thought to be from
1920s or 1930s)
Fig 15 Hydraulic press (from J. Rosell “El
Mosaic Hidraulic”)
Fig 11 New trepas could be easily made
to new patterns to follow the latest
trends.
Fig 12 Fig 13
Mosaicos hidraulicos imitated the elaborate patteran which could previously
be achieved with traditional tesselated “Roman” mosaic and encaustic
clay tiles
Fig 16 Cuba’s “Architecture of the Mould” - a facade showing the multitude of cast concrete elements from which the
bulk of Cuba’s early 20th century buildings were made. Mosaicos hidraulicos were an early product which pioneered
the use of hydraulic power and pressed cement.