The blue-and-white tiles embedded in the carriageway of 919-925 Chartres Street in the French Quarter have a story to tell. PROVIDED PHOTO BY MARY McCARTHY Facebook ...

Although the tiles’ blue-and-white palette would become synonymous with Dutch ceramics, colored pottery had been brought to Holland only a century earlier by Italian artisans in the form of ...

Everyone loves the antique blue and white tiles that mark the street corners in the older sections of New Orleans. But did you ever wonder how the unique horizontal street ...

Indeed, in the 17th and 18th centuries, while 200 factories in the Netherlands churned out blue-and-white tiles hand-brushed with standard motifs from windmills to farm animals, royalty expected more.

One of Istanbul’s most important landmarks and tourist destinations, it houses 23,000 exquisite Iznik tiles painted with flowers, arabesques, and other patterns in every shade of blue and green.

Blue and white, the popular color combination from the 17th century to today, was influenced by the Delft tiles being made in the Netherlands, he said, which were inspired by the porcelains being ...