The History Of Glass Tiles

The History of Glass Tile 2ND MILLENIUM BC I Earliest examples from columns of temples in Mesopotamia 1 Colored pieces of stone juxtaposed with shell and ivory I Romans took over Greece and popularized mosaic art. I First ever tiles called "tesserae" manufactured. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE 500 AD 1 "Smalti" developed by Byzantine artists I Glass tiles used at temples mostly religious in theme I Alphabet developed I Athens founded. 1 Shang Dynasty founded 1 Judaism Founded 1 Wagons and Wheeled I Rameses I I Rameses II 1 Tutankhamun Chariots first used SIGNIFICANT EVENTS I Emperor Charlemagne born I William of Normandy sails from France to England VICTORIANERA ------------------------- SIGNIFICANT EVENTS I Mass production of glass tiles started I Napoleon Bonaparte Proclaimed Emperor I US declares war on Britain 1 Coca-cola makes first sale I Jesse James dies 1 Charles Darwin dies I Alexander Fleming discovers Penicillin I Alexander Graham Bell makes first phone call I First jeans created by Levi Strauss EARLY 20TH CENTURY SIGNIFICANT EVENTS I The Art Nouveau I Invention of the Ice cream cone Movement embraced use I Einstein introduces E=mc2 I Titanic sinks of glass as medium 1 Stained glass art gained in popularity I America Declares war on Germany I Mickey Mouse born I Adolf Hitler dies 1990'S 1 Used glass gets recreated as 'green' tiles I Resurgence of interest in glass tile as a floor and wall cladding SIGNIFICANT EVENTS I Dolly the Sheep I Hubble Space Telescope Launched I The Internet Sources: http://www.iranchamber.com/art/articles/tile_history I.phpt#sthash.LI7DM5bC.dpuf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_tile http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_millennium_BC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_century http://www.histrenact.co.uk/societies/victorian/time.php http://www.histrenact.co.uk/timeline/darkage/events.php http://www.histrenact.co.uk/timeline/wwii/events.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 1990s_in_science_and_technology Glass TILE STORE.COM