We’re seeing a comeback of this tile design in recent years: from supermarket floorings to restaurant motifs. Popularly known as Mediterranean-patterned tiles, Machuca tiles were introduced into Philippine design as early as 100 years ago. The idea for the hand-made cement tiles were brought from Spain to the Philippines by Machuca founder Jose Machuca y Sanchez.
The motif of the tile is Mediterranean, a mixture of efflorescent patterns and geometric patterns with bright or solid colors for each pattern part. These handmade tiles were very popular back in the day for flooring of houses and assembly spaces.
A testament to its influence, the Machuca Tile company still exists, and can now create higher quality tiles with modern technology.
Check them out.
Reference:
“Machuca Tile”.https://machucatile.com/.
“Machuca Tiles”. VH Manila. https://www.vhmanila.com/machuca-tiles
“Machuca Tiles: The History And Process Of These Iconic And Festive Tiles”. Blueprint. September 13, 2018.https://bluprint.onemega.com/machuca-tiles/#:~:text=The%20establishment%20of%20Machuca%20Tiles,efflorescent%20patterns%20and%20geometric%20patterns.
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