Mettlacher Platten

Eugen boch s idea of producing a ceramic fl oor mosaic for the fi rst time was an unbelievable success at the time and made the tiles and the brand known worldwide.

Mettlacher platten.

Media in category mettlacher platten the following 14 files are in this category out of 14 total. Required cookies technologies. He continued to run the company till his death in 1858. The merzig factory developed into the world s biggest production plant of tiles.

Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity account authentication security and privacy preferences internal site usage and maintenance data and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. 20070916355dr dresden löbtau klingestraße 7 fliesen jpg 3 000 2 644. When archaeologists came across a roman floor mosaic in the vicinity of mettlach eugen von boch was entrusted with its restoration. The design draws inspiration from the floral patterns of historical copperplates and from the famous mettlacher platten which so influenced the history and aesthetics of villeroy boch s tableware and tiles in the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th centuries.

The newly developed tiles were called the mettlacher tile mettlacher platten. Inspired by this archaeological find he and his technicians begin experimenting with material for tile manufacture. His plates cups pots and tureens had simple shapes but were of excellent quality and because of this his goods became well known in a relatively short period of time. The mettlacher platten are an essential part of the success story of the villeroy boch brand.

The first factory in europe only manufacturing tiles opened in 1852. Dieselben bestehen aus zwei masseschichten von welchen die obere in feinerer vorbereitung das muster erhält während die untere in stärkerer lage hergestellt als füllmasse dient. Mettlacher platten auf trockenem wege geformte bis zur sinterung gebrannte in der masse gefärbte tonplatten mit einfarbiger oder gemusterter oberfläche. It was here that he developed and put into production a completely new product line the so called mettlacher platten ceramic floor tiles.

Mettlach during 1748 the respected iron founder françois boch began manufacturing ceramic tableware in the village of audun le tiche in the duchy of lorraine. Mettlacher platten auf trockenem wege geformte bis zur sinterung gebrannte in der masse gefärbte tonplatten mit einfarbiger oder gemusterter oberfläche.