Dutch tile

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Dutch tile

A flat, square, decorative tile from Holland often used on the faces of fireplaces; different colors were once available, but Delft blue tiles were probably the most popular.

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No references found			The fireplace was an old one, built by some Dutch merchant long ago, and paved all round with quaint Dutch tiles, designed to illustrate the Scriptures. A Christmas Carol by Dickens, Charles View in context The most venerable and ornamental object is a chimney-piece set round with Dutch tiles of blue-figured China, representing scenes from Scripture; and, for aught I know, the lady of Pownall or Bernard may have sat beside this fireplace, and told her children the story of each blue tile. From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context			Dutch elm disease Dutch gable Dutch gambrel roof Dutch Guiana Dutch Harbor Dutch kick Dutch language Dutch lap Dutch Liberation Day Dutch light Dutch liquid Dutch literature Dutch metal Dutch method of application Dutch New Guinea Dutch Operation of 1944 Dutch oven Dutch process Dutch Reformed Church Dutch Republic Dutch roll Dutch roof Dutch shutter Dutch slice-hip roof Dutch stoop Dutch tile Dutch uncle Dutch War of 1672–78 Dutch Wars Dutch Wars of the 17th Century Dutch West India Company Dutch West Indies Dutchess County dutchman Dutchman's log Dutchman's-breeches Dutchman's-pipe dutiable Duties Dutov Revolt Dutov, Aleksandr Ilich Dutrochet, Rene Joachim Henri Dutrochet, René Joachim Henri Dutt, Rajani Palme Dutton, Clarence Edward Duty duty classification of a relay duty cycle duty cyclometer duty factor duty of water			Dutch Securities Institute Dutch Security Information Network Dutch Separation Technology Institute Dutch shutter Dutch Simracing Zone Dutch slice-hip roof Dutch Smart Meter Requirements Dutch Society for Wildlife Health Dutch Spartan Owners Club Dutch speaking Dutch Spice Islands Dutch Spice Islands Dutch State Mines Dutch State Treasury Agency Dutch stoop Dutch street organ Dutch Supercar Challenge Dutch Swedish Business Association Dutch Swing College Band Dutch Sybase User Group Dutch Symphonic Wind Orchestra Dutch Tactical Assault Group Dutch Taekwondo Tournament Organization Dutch Tax and Customs Administration Dutch Terror Corps Dutch tile Dutch tiles Dutch tiles Dutch Toilet Organisation Dutch Training and Development Association Dutch treat Dutch treat Dutch treats Dutch type periodic fever Dutch uncle Dutch uncle Dutch uncle Dutch uncles Dutch uncles Dutch United Nations Student Association Dutch University Institute for Art History Dutch Valley Church of God Dutch Version of the Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales 2 Dutch Voluntary Euthanasia Society Dutch War of 1672–78 Dutch Warmblood Dutch Warmblood Association Dutch wars Dutch Wars of the 17th Century Dutch Web Promotion Dutch West India Dutch West India Dutch West India Company Dutch West India Company Dutch West Indies Dutch West Indies

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