Kensington Antique Futeplace Border Tiles, 3x6 “, Mottled Purple, X2. Shipped with USPS Priority Mail. Good shape. Extremely rare. Kensington produced art tiles for only one decade in Newport kentucky. From 1885 to 1895.

Kensington Art Tile 1885-1895

In 1881 the Hatt brothers, Arthur and Otto, established a tile works at Elm and Lowell Streets in Newport, Kentucky. Their company, Hatt & Hatt, was taken over by a group of investors in 1885 and renamed the Kensington Art Tile Company. During its short tenure as a manufacturer of dust-pressed art tiles, the combination of portraits and floral interpretations was most impressive due to the artistic talents of Herman Mueller and Mary Louise McLaughlin, among others.