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Description

Small Blocks, Regular Shadows

Small square blocks in ordered succession, 152 x 50mm in glazed ceramic, the colour a warm blue with green in it — the Artworks Baroque Blue Dentil Moulding, from Hyperion Tiles, your official Original Style stockist.

Dentils are the row of small square blocks, evenly spaced with a gap between each one, that classical cornices carry along their underside; the word comes from the Latin for tooth. Modelled 50mm deep, this is a modest and well-mannered version, meant to add articulation to the top of a wall without claiming much height for itself. Each length measures 152mm, so 6.6 pieces fill a linear metre. A box of four covers 0.6 linear metres.

What a dentil course really does is manufacture shadow: a regular beat of small dark gaps that reads clearly from across a room even when the colour itself is quiet. Gloss on the square face of each block sends the light straight back at you, while the gap beside it returns none at all; it is that flat alternation, rather than any soft gradation, that makes a dentil course read as pattern before it reads as colour. It suits a bathroom or a kitchen where the scheme wants some order along its top edge, and it works as a band partway up a wall just as well as at the head of one. Copper and brass in the room pick up the warmth sitting on the block faces.

Specification

Product Name: Artworks Baroque Blue Dentil Moulding

Brand: Original Style

Collection: Artworks

Material: Glazed Ceramic

Finish: Gloss

Colour: Baroque Blue

Tile Size: 152 x 50mm (15.2 x 5.0cm)

Edge Finish: Moulded dentil relief with regular blocks, fully glazed face

Suitability: Internal Walls — wet and dry areas

Frostproof: No — internal use only

Sealing: Not required

Availability: Usually in stock

Sold By: The Box — 4 pieces per box, covering 0.6 linear metres

Box Weight: 0.56kg

Matching Pieces: Baroque Blue field and half tiles, skirting tile, plain cornice and external corner trim.

Installation & care

Installation & care

  • Adhesive & Grout: Bed it on white flexible adhesive. Warm grout — a soft putty, a greige, a warm mid-grey — keeps the colour where it belongs, whereas a cool or blue-toned grey works against it, leaving the blue flatter and a good deal further from the tone you picked out. Brilliant white is best left alone as well: on a piece made of small repeated shapes, a joint that bright confuses the beat of the blocks with the beat of the jointing. Brush grout out of the gaps between the blocks before it hardens, and deal with haze early, because gloss shows it.
  • Layout: The repeat is the thing to protect: dry-lay the run and adjust the starting point so the gap between blocks stays even where two pieces meet. Where a length must be cut, take it out of the least visible end of the wall and keep whole pieces in the sight line.
  • Cleaning: The gloss glaze is non-porous and needs no sealing. Wipe with warm water and a mild detergent; avoid abrasive pads and acidic limescale removers, which will dull the surface over time.
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Product Frequently Asked Questions

Can Baroque Blue tiles be used in a shower or wet room?

Yes. The glaze is impervious and unaffected by constant water, so these tiles are entirely at home in a shower enclosure, above a bath, behind a sink or across a wet-room wall. What matters is what sits behind and between them: a properly tanked substrate, a white flexible adhesive and a grout rated for wet areas. The tiles themselves never need sealing.

Can I use these on the floor?

No — Artworks is a wall range only. The ceramic body is not rated for foot traffic and the gloss glaze would scratch and lose its shine quickly underfoot. If you want a floor to sit beneath a Baroque Blue wall, a geometric or encaustic-effect floor tile is the natural partner, and our team can help you pair one.

Will the colour be consistent across my order?

The Artworks glazes are applied over a pressed ceramic body, and slight variation from tile to tile is part of the character rather than a fault — it is what keeps a large tiled wall from looking printed. Baroque Blue shows this more than most, because the green cast in it shifts a little with the light. Order the whole of a room in one go where you can, and mix tiles from several boxes as you set out rather than working box by box.

What adhesive and grout should I use with Baroque Blue?

Use a white flexible tile adhesive. For grout, the rule here follows from the colour: Baroque Blue is a warm blue, so choose a grout with warmth in it — a warm grey, a greige or a soft putty tone. Avoid a cool or blue-toned grey, which cancels the warmth and pulls the whole wall towards a colder, flatter blue than the tile actually is. Brilliant white is the other one to avoid: against a mid-toned glaze it draws a bright lattice across the wall and competes with the colour. Grout haze shows readily on a gloss glaze, so sponge each section as you go.

Is Baroque Blue in stock, and how quickly can I have it?

The range is usually held in stock and we can normally despatch within a few working days; mouldings and trims occasionally run on a longer lead time, so it is worth a call on 01344 620211 before you plan the fitting week. UK delivery is free on orders over £1,000, and we can hold a delivery back until your site is ready.

How does Baroque Blue compare with the other blues in the Artworks range?

Baroque Blue is the one that leans green. Original Style describe it as a slightly greener blue with a warm luminosity that sets it apart from the other blues in the range — which is why it sits so comfortably with gold, brass and copper, where a colder blue would fight them. The others are genuinely different colours: one is a versatile mid-blue, one a deep indigo, and one a blue-grey that shifts with the light. If you are choosing between them, order a cut sample of each and look at them in the actual room — blues are the hardest family in the range to judge from a screen.

Can I see a sample before I order?

Yes. Cut samples are free to collect from our Ascot showroom, or we can post one to you for the cost of postage. Seeing the glaze in your own light is the surest way to judge how it will sit against your paint, stone and metalwork.

How much extra should I order for cuts and wastage?

As a guide, add around 10% to your measured area for cuts and breakages, and nearer 15% for a herringbone, diagonal or brick-bond layout. It is also worth keeping a few spare tiles from the same batch in case a repair is ever needed.

Which pieces are available in Baroque Blue?

Fifteen: the 152mm field tile and its half tile, a skirting tile, a plain cornice, an external corner trim, and ten mouldings — Victoria, Egg & Dart, Dentil, Hogarth, Albert, Rope, Astragal, Scroll, Sigma and Omega. Baroque Blue is not made as a large brick or as a bevelled metro tile, so if a scheme needs one of those formats it will have to come from a different colour. Original Style also make rectangles, round-edge tiles, internal corners and corner mouldings to order in this colour — those carry minimum quantities and longer lead times, so call us on 01344 620211 if you need one.

How do I finish the top of a half-height tiled wall?

With a moulding laid horizontally along the top course. The choice is a matter of weight: the Victoria and Plain Cornice at 75mm give a substantial architectural capping, the Egg & Dart and Dentil carry relief ornament, the Albert, Hogarth and Rope sit in the middle, and the Astragal, Sigma, Scroll and Omega are slim beads for a quieter line. All are supplied four to a box covering 0.6 linear metres. Measure the run, add 10%, and round up to whole boxes.

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