Show Ancient Cuban TilI Tiles Tile I for American Homes Curio dealers of ot Havana are aCQuirIng acquiring ing old Spanish art tiles to BUPP the demand in the United States As each old oM house Is torn down the bidding bidding bid bid- ding cling for Its art tiling Is active although although al though there Is nearly a tl 90 fit per cent loss in breakage the breakage the tiles having been heen so Ion long c cemented to the walls j that hat they have become as 88 brittle as an asI j I lOr porcelain I Tb The Spaniards and Cubans have al always always ways been fond of tiling and their residences are often oCten faced with geo geo- geometric geometric metric designs In vivid vl colors strongly strong ly Iy reminiscent of ot the Moorish tofu Influence u- u ence on Spanish art The tiles may represent hunting and marine scenes mountain vistas battles sieges and religious subjects One set depicts Ira Ira- ot tant passages from the Bible and gives the text test from which they are taken talen These tiles were taken from Holland Dolland by the Spaniards during their occupation of the Netherlands and I after several centuries' centuries use In a Ii ahouse ahouse house In Madrid crossed the Atlantic to 10 Havana American visitors to Havana purchase purchase pur pur- chase besides the tIle tiles much Spanish bronze copper and beaten Cuba was at one time rich In such Bach curios but the supply has been practically practically practically exhausted so that the dealers now spend their summers In Europe to renew their stock Spanish glassware glassware glass glass- ware Is another fad of ot the visitors The older pieces offered for sale are are extremely beautiful When Carlo Carlow III In ruled Spain he imported hundreds of ot glass worl workers ers from the Caps Capa dl Monti Montt factory at nt Naples and the delicate products of these craftsmen Is today highly valued New New York Times II |