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The American Encaustic Tiling Company was founded in New York, New York, in 1875, later establishing a factory in 
Their tiles form a mural at the Borden's Dairy Factory at 2840 Atlantic Avenue in
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Zanesville, Ohio
Zanesville is a city in Muskingum County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Located at the confluence of the Licking River (Ohio), Licking and Muskingum River, Muskingum rivers, the city is approximately east of Columbus, Ohio, Columb ...
, in 1892. Their tiles were intended to compete with the English tiles that were selling in the United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
for use in fireplace
A fireplace or hearth is a structure made of brick, stone or metal designed to contain a fire. Fireplaces are used for the relaxing ambiance they create and for heating a room. Modern fireplaces vary in heat efficiency, depending on the design.
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s and other architectural locations. The first glazed tiles were made in 1880 and embossed tiles were made in 1881. By 1890, they were the largest tile company in the world, and the small town of Zanesville nearly tripled in size over a thirty-year period as more people found work with the company. The firm closed in 1935 and was then reopened in 1937 as the Shawnee Pottery.
Their tiles form a mural at the Borden's Dairy Factory at 2840 Atlantic Avenue in East New York
East New York is a residential neighborhood in the eastern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are roughly the Cemetery Belt and the Queens borough line to the north; ...
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Designers and architects of the original New York subway stations partnered with Encaustic to develop color and decoration schemes fur the future stations. An exhibit was paved in the future Columbus Circle station in 1901. It was covered up before the station opened in 1904. Encaustic lost the overall contract to The Greuby Faience Company, Encaustic's product did make it into some stations, and some of the work survives.
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