Olamrilla Ceramic Tile. Toledo In The Last Quarter Of The 15th Century

Ceramic tile, Olambrilla, glazed edge technique in black, green and honey colors with a series of eight-pointed stars surrounded by white lace. Made in Toledo in the last quarter of the 15th century.

Toledo was one of the great centers of ceramic production, from medieval times to almost the present day, and the production of tiles experienced a particular boom there from the mid-15th to the mid-16th century, coinciding with the splendor of the new imperial city which would lead to an urban transformation, with the consequent construction of numerous buildings, both administrative and religious or belonging to the nobility. Ceramics will play an important role in the architecture of the time, being precisely the combination of architecture and ornamentation provided mainly by tiles, a good example of the taste of the time.