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Description

A Twisted Cord Running the Length of the Wall

A 152 x 40mm border moulding modelled as a continuous twisted rope and glazed in near-black bottle green — the Artworks Victorian Green Rope Moulding, from Hyperion Tiles, your official Original Style stockist.

Rope mouldings borrowed their form from ships' cable and from the barley-twist turning of seventeenth-century furniture, and by the nineteenth century the motif had spread everywhere: onto fire surrounds, cast ironwork, plaster cornices and tiles. Its appeal is that it never stops. Each 152mm piece carries the twist across its full length and picks up precisely where the last one finished, so a completed run reads as one unbroken cable rather than a line of individual tiles.

A glaze this deep exaggerates that continuity. The valley between every turn of the twist goes to something indistinguishable from black, while each crest takes a highlight, so from a few paces the moulding reads as a bright thread spiralling along a dark band — among the most strongly modelled effects in the range, ornament carved out in light and shadow rather than merely suggested. Use it as a divider partway up a tiled wall, as the border of a splashback panel, or as the line where tiling gives way to paint. It rewards a lamp set to one side of it far more than a fitting directly overhead.

Specification

Product Name: Artworks Victorian Green Rope Moulding

Brand: Original Style

Collection: Artworks

Material: Glazed Ceramic

Finish: Gloss

Colour: Victorian Green

Tile Size: 152 x 40mm (15.2 x 4.0cm)

Edge Finish: Moulded relief — a continuous twisted rope, directional

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: 0.40kg

Matching Pieces: Works with all Victorian Green wall tiles — field, half, large brick and both bevelled metro sizes — and with the skirting, plain cornice, external corner trim and remaining mouldings. Handed corner pieces, wrapping pieces and an internal corner trim are not part of the Victorian Green range.

Installation & care

Installation & care

  • Adhesive & Grout: Fix with a white flexible adhesive and keep the grout dark and close in tone — a deep grey, charcoal or dark green-grey. Brilliant white is emphatically wrong here, turning every joint into a bright interruption in a motif whose entire point is that it runs unbroken; against a near-black green it is the wrong choice by some margin. A mid grey merely looks tired. Press grout out of the valleys of the twist with a damp sponge before it goes off, and rinse repeatedly, since haze collects in modelled work and shows far more on a deep gloss glaze.
  • Layout: The twist has a direction. Lay a full box out on the floor and check that every piece is running the same way before any of it goes near the wall — a single reversed piece is visible from the doorway.
  • 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 Artworks Victorian Green tiles be used in a shower or wet room?

Yes. Artworks is specified for both wet and dry wall areas, so Victorian Green belongs in a shower enclosure, a wet room or around a bath. The background must be sound, dry and properly tanked, with a flexible waterproof adhesive and grout throughout the wet zone. One practical note on the darkest colour in the range: limescale and soap residue show far more readily on a deep gloss glaze than on a pale one, so a squeegee and a soft cloth will keep a shower in this colour looking as it should.

Can I use Artworks Victorian Green on the floor?

No. Artworks is a wall tile range only. The glaze is not rated for foot traffic and would scratch and dull quickly underfoot, and a gloss surface of this kind is slippery when wet. A deep green wall is best served by a floor with pattern and light in it rather than more darkness — a black and white geometric, an encaustic-look design, or a buff or terracotta quarry. Call 01344 620211 and we will suggest something that lifts it.

Will every Victorian Green tile be exactly the same shade?

There is slight variation between production batches. Deep glazes are the most forgiving in this respect — a small shift reads as depth rather than as a different colour, where the same shift on a pale tile would be obvious. Even so, order the whole quantity for a room at once with your wastage allowance, and mix from several boxes as you set out. If you are adding to existing tiling, send us a photograph and we will give you an honest view.

What adhesive and grout colour should I use with Victorian Green?

White flexible adhesive. For grout, go dark and close: a deep grey, a charcoal or a dark green-grey that sits near the tile's own depth. Two to avoid, and on this colour the first is the most damaging in the whole range. A brilliant white grout against a near-black green is the most extreme contrast Artworks can produce — it draws a stark bright net across the wall and the tile disappears behind its own joints. And a mid grey pleases nobody here: too light to belong, too dark to read as a deliberate contrast, it simply looks tired. Also allow more care than usual sponging off, because grout haze is far more visible on a deep gloss glaze.

Is Victorian Green in stock, and how quickly can it be delivered?

Victorian Green is usually held in stock across the range — field, half, large brick and metro tiles, and the full set of mouldings. We will confirm availability and a delivery date for your exact quantity when you order, and UK delivery is free on orders over £1,000. If a piece is temporarily out we will tell you the lead time before you commit rather than after. Call 01344 620211 or visit us at 67 High Street, Ascot.

How does Victorian Green compare with the other Artworks greens?

There are four, and they run from a tint to a near-black. Victorian Green is the deepest by a clear margin — the only green in the range that behaves like a dark colour rather than a coloured one. Pavilion Green is a saturated mid green, strong but still bright. Palm Green is a soft warm leaf green and Jade Breeze a pale cool sage, both gentle enough to tile a whole room in. If you want a room to feel enclosed, lamplit and considered, this is the one. If you want green as a light background, it is not. Order samples of the four and lay them out together.

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 Artworks Victorian Green?

Eighteen: the 152 x 152mm field tile, the 152 x 76mm half tile, the 228 x 75mm large brick, bevelled metro tiles at 150 x 75mm and 75 x 75mm, 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. Victorian Green does not include handed corner pieces, an internal corner trim, wrapping pieces or rounded-edge tiles. Everything is sold by the box.

What does the Victorian Green Rope Moulding actually look like on a wall?

It reads as a continuous twisted cord, the pieces butting end to end so the twist runs on unbroken. This is the colour that gives the rope its most sculptural reading in the whole range: the glaze pools thickly in the twist and goes almost to black there, while the crowns of the cord stay bright and glassy, so the spiral is carved out in light and shadow rather than merely suggested. Under a wall light it is genuinely striking.

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