Montmartre Belle Epoque Reclaimed French Terra Cotta Tiles - PA264

Dimensions: 6 1/4" x 6 1/4" x 7/8" thick In-Stock: 319 SF - FOB West Hatfield, MA   Provenance: Montmartre, Paris, France Cost - $32.00/SF Montmartre is a large hill in Paris's northern 18th arrondissement, known for a bohemian gathering place of artists during La Belle Epoque.  From Renoir and Picasso to Van Gogh, these colorful plastered homes along narrow and windy cobblestone streets set the stage for post-impressionist art.  How fitting to have salvaged in Montmartre this particular antique French terra cotta tile lot.  Reclaiming a single lot of 319 SF from one home - all the same thickness - with colors of Montmartre, is frankly, outstanding.  This antique floor is quite spectacular knowing it's provenance.  But to view it first hand - one is first mesmerized by the variation of hues.  Truly a painter's palette from ochre and sand to rose, olive, clay and mushroom - we can only imagine what a beautiful painting Gauguin could have created with these colors.  The texture of this t