Peranakan Floor Tiles Singapore

The peranakan tile gallery.

Peranakan floor tiles singapore. Over the past several years i ve discovered similar tiles on tombs of my peranakan relatives at bukit brown cemetery also known as singapore s best outdoor museum. Peranakan tiles at 36 temple street chinatown 36 temple street 01 04 singapore singapore 058581 rated 4 6 based on 6 reviews thank you victor. Today they are commonly known as peranakan tiles pattern floor tiles. If you love tiles as much as i do and if you d like to learn more about them more information and pictures can be found in this book peranakan tiles by anne pinto rodrigues and victor lim.

The cemetery is a wonderful place to learn about singapore s history but is quite overgrown after having been closed for over thirty years. They commonly exist in smaller sizes such as 20 x 20 cm. The techniques and raw materials used to produce the tiles are no longer available. In 1970s and 1980s singapore pre war shophouses were demolished to make way for urban development.

It can also be another addition to your. The heritage peranakan wall tiles are more then 100 years old and these rare tiles were painstaking salvaged from old singapore shop houses that were torn down in the late 70s 80s. Singapore based writer and blogger anne pinto rodrigues is a tile enthusiast who collaborated with leading tile collector victor lim to produce peranakan tiles singapore a 200 page coffee table book that showcases the different types of tiles that came to the country in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Patterned tiles are usually referred to as peranakan tiles or morrocan tiles in singapore.

The peranakan tiles found in many antique singaporean sweatshops and residences continue to amaze antique tile enthusiasts who keep finding timeless pieces on the sites. They may be very colourful or they may come in black and white monochrome designs that bring about a very encoustic effect.