Moroccan Mosaic Tiles

Moroccan Mosaic Tiles have been used for centuries to decorate both homes and gardens. With Morocco situated on the Mediterranean Sea, her culture and style has been influenced by many countries and yet has a uniqueness about it that separates it from other nations. This Moroccan style continues to influence many hotels, homes, gardens and public buildings worldwide in both design and furnishing.

Mosaics form some of the earliest pieces of artwork, with some dating from the 4th century and found in the Macedonian palace-city of Aegae. Whether they originated from there or not is debateable, however throughout the Greek and Roman world, Mosaics can be found. Over time these Mosaics developed into smaller ready made pieces and with it the birth of the Mosaic Tiles.

Mosaics from the Roman period tendered to be pictures, more like paintings depicting wonderful scenes. The early tiles, being miniature pictures, or parts of an overall larger picture. Moroccan Mosaic Tiles are a further development of these early tiles and tend to be more colourful and instead of depicting a scene, they are often multi coloured geometric patterns.

Mosaic tiles are still hand made in Morocco, with Artisans spending hours cutting stone to the right shape and then placing each piece within the tile base. Each Moroccan Mosaic Tiles taking many hours to complete.