2 Clay and sands from all over Germany are the raw material for all our products. Variety, tradition and innovative craftmanship – for about 30 years now, this is what GOLEM has stood for. Founded in Eastern Germany two years after the reunification, we focused on the dilapidated substance of monuments which had been neglected by “real existing socialism”. In a former cowshed of the Sieversdorf estate, almost a dozen employees of a job-creation programme began to produce ceramic spare parts under the guidance of the ceramists Ulrich Schumann and Tomas Grzimek. On countless building sites at that...

Polychrome floor tiles · 160 Insights into the manufactory · 286 Single coloured glazed tiles · 52 Monochrome floor tiles · 206 Interview with GOLEM founder Mouldings and skirting tiles · 80 Relief tiles and step tread tiles · 224 Facing bricks

Wall tiles Wall tiles Border and skirting tiles · 80 From sketch to tile · 147 Single coloured glazed tiles · 52 Production · 55 Sabine Heller · 152 Laying examples · 92 Marion Sander · 153 Katharina Seidlitz · 154 Formats and corner solutions · 64

12 Wall tiles | Decorative tiles Decorative tiles The decorative tiles are re-editions of the most beautiful motifs from Germany and the whole of Europe from the period around 1900. The variety of motifs from eclecticism, Art Nouveau and Art Deco as well as our specific selection of the original patterns result in a unique assortment. Through the cultivation of traditional artisanal techniques and the processing of first-class materials, we achieve a maximum of aesthetic finesse and authenticity. The traditional sharp edges of our tiles, the square format of 15 centimetres, careful model and...

Decorative tiles | Wall tiles 15 e produce our decorative tiles exactly as they were produced at the turn of the 19th and 20th century in European ceramic manufactories. After elaborate model and mould construction work, the clay is shaped with the help of plaster moulds and presses and the motif is embossed into the body with the press stamp. A thread-like relief (with a narrow rib on a flat surface that creates clear contours) or a plastic low relief is created. In the latter case, both, striking profiles and soft transitions can be achieved by modelling to make the image stand out plastically....

Decorative tiles for laying in single row rapport | Wall tiles 17 Decorative tiles for laying in single row rapport The shown tiles can be laid ribbon-like, like border tiles, to structure tile surfaces horizontally. In combination with corresponding monochrome field tiles, border and skirting tiles you have an almost limitless choice of possibilities for the design of dados. .

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Decorative tiles for laying in double row rapport | Wall tiles 23 Decorative tiles for laying in double row rapport Some of our decorative tiles combine well as double row ornaments, either as a continuous pattern or as a mirrored décor.

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Field pattern with several decorative tiles | Wall tiles 27 Field pattern with several decorative tiles The design aim of the field pattern is to visually reduce the joints in order to make ornaments, glazes and colours dominate. To structure the surface, you might use border and skirting tiles, decorative tiles, trim pieces and mouldings.

Decorative tiles for laying in full-surface rapport | Wall tiles 29 Decorative tiles for laying in full-surface rapport With the following decorative tiles full-surface rapports can be created. They allow many diverse variations and can be laid depending on the spatial requirements.

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Decorative tiles with colour variations | Wall tiles 41 Decorative tiles with colour variations Numerous patterns were traditionally produced in different colour variants.

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Decorative tiles as single accents | Wall tiles 45 Decorative tiles as single accents Solitary decorative tiles were traditionally applied to accentuate a basically simple tile panel. Since traditional principles of order no longer play any role in today’s tiling, they can be laid the way you want!

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50 Wall tiles | Decorative tiles Index of origin | Wall tiles 51 Tonwerk Offstein AG, Offstein bei Worms Meißner Ofen- und Porzellanfabrik (vorm. C. Teichert), Meißen 6 Boizenburger Plattenfabrik AG, Hans Duensing, Boizenburg an der Elbe 8 Osterather Mosaik- und Wandplattenfabrik, Osterrath 9 Aktiengesellschaft Norddeutsche Steingutfabrik, Grohn bei Bremen 13 14 Villeroy & Boch, Mettlach 17 Sächsische Ofen- und Schamottewarenfabrik, vormals E.T.M., Meißen 21 Ernst Teichert Ofen- und Porzellanfabrik GmbH, Meißen Meißner Ofen- und Porzellanfabrik (vorm. C. Teichert), Meißen 21 Vereinigte Servais-Werke...