1938 Catalogue of Ceramic Tiles for Facade Cladding

Katalog keramických desek a pásků pro obkládání fasád a pro průmyslové účely [Catalogue of Ceramic Tiles and Strips for Facade Cladding and Industrial Applications]. Prague: Západočeské továrny kaolinové-šamotové a Slovenské závody magnesitové, [ca. 1938].

4to. 64 [1] pp. Original printed wrappers. Profusely illustrated with photographs of contemporary Czechoslovak architecture, including banks, office buildings, schools, swimming pools, public baths, commercial buildings, and other modernist projects employing ceramic facade cladding and architectural ceramics produced by the company. Numerous plates reproduce works by leading interwar architects, among them Podzemný, Freiwald & Böhm, Pavel Janák, Kotek, Beneš, and others. Includes technical specifications, installation details and samples of glazed frost-resistant ceramic facade tiles. A visual record of late Functionalist architecture and building materials in pre-war Czechoslovakia, documenting the widespread use of ceramic cladding in both civic and commercial construction.

VG condition.