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August 2019 Homes & Antiques 123

Katya

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Grunwald;

Marcus

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Heritage

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emerging,frompendantlightsand

sculpturetocladdingforbuildings.

‘Terracoa hasdenitelybecome

morepopularagain,’saysAlex

JohnenofLondon-basedlighting

designcompanyHandandEye

Studio.‘Weusedterracoa tocreate

ourrstlightin2011.Wewanted

toworkwithterracoa forits

richnessoftextureandtonetocreate

clean-linedproductsdesignedtolook

modernwhileusinga traditional

material.Theearthinessofit appeals

topeopleandit canbestyledinmany

ways.Interiordesignershaveused

ourlightsbeautifullywithother

rawmaterialssuchaswood,and

alsowithdeep,dark colours like

emeraldgreen.’

Earthenwareclayhasbeenusedby

humans for thousands of years, and

museumstheworldoverarefullof

terracoa artefacts.Smallterracoa

guresasearlyas3000BChavebeen

foundinGreece.InancientRome,

terracoa wasusedtomake

gurinesandfriezes,aswellas

practicaltilesandbricks.Meanwhile,

in China, Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s

THETERRACOTTAARMY

Thousandsof claysoldiers

werefoundoutsidethecityof

Xi’an,Chinain 1974,partof an

elaboratemausoleumforthe

first emperor of China.

Key Designs Iconic works from terracotta’s timeline

RIGHTOrnateterracottacolumnsadorning

theHenryColeWingof theVictoriaand

AlbertMuseum.BELOWA paintingby

Louis-LéopoldBoillyof sculptorJean-Antoine

Houdon’sstudio(1741-1828),whoproduced

exceptional works in terracotta.

A pairof Victorian

terracottaswans,1880,

availablefor£1,950,

Wakelin & Linfield.

‘FIELD’EXHIBITION

From 1989 to 2003,Antony

Gormleycreateda series

of installationscomprising

thousandsof smallterracotta

figures from clay.

HANDELBYROUBILIAC

Thishighlydetailedterracotta

wasthemodelforLouis-

FrançoisRoubiliac’sfirstmajor

work,a marblestatueof the

composer Handel (1685-1759).

WATTSCHAPEL

ThisArtsandCrafts

masterpiecein Compton,Surrey

wasdesignedbyMaryWattsin

thelate1890sandis decorated

with local clay terracotta tiles.

ANTIQUES.NOW.