History Underfoot

This exhibition asks us to look down and consider the historic tile floors of Old Library. Designed by Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930), founder of the Moravian Pottery & Tile Works, these beautiful floors demonstrate an Americanist ideology that was comm
History Underfoot: Henry Chapman Mercer's Tiles for the New Library at Bryn Mawr College (1905) with tiled floor

Lower level, East Hallway
Old Library

February 7, 2025 - June 1, 2025
Hours shared with Old Library

Opening Reception, Friday, February 7, 4:30-6pm

This exhibition asks us to look down and consider the historic tile floors of Old Library. Designed by Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930), founder of the Moravian Pottery & Tile Works, these beautiful floors demonstrate an Americanist ideology that was commonly referenced in architecture and interior design of the late 19th and early 20th century. This ideology, as well as many special details in these long-overlooked tiles, will be revealed in History Underfoot. 

Organized by Alexis White, PhD candidate, History of Art

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