Floors

In a house, the important element without any doubt is the flooring: this is why is important to choose the types, colors, design and the visual impact your surrounding environment shoud give you, combining it with your emotions.

Which color goes best with your furniture? And which one gives you that feeling of warmth? Antichità Fiorillo has different kinds of original reclaimed antique flooring, from tiles in stone and terracotta, to the most beautiful&colorful antique majolica tiles, both Sicilian and Neapolitan, up to cements tiles and marble grit tiles from the end of 19th century and early 20th century, each suitable for any area of your home, both external and internal.

From antique Sicilian majolica to reclaimed antique tiles

Are you searching for ideas for your antique reclaimed floors and other surfaces? Just make some example: you could insert an amazing colorful panel of majolica with their bright colors, floral or geometric patternss to be the background of your sink and washbasin; you could put in your floor beautiful antique terracotta tiles with different colors from Tuscan red, to mélange or yellow one, with the possibility to decide on the various assembly methods, like herringbone or diagonal. Otherwise, you may create a pretty central carpet of painted cement tiles with geometric patterns and floral motifs, all of this enclosed by a frame of grit.

Original antique stone floors: beauty, history and solidity in the reclaimed floor

The antique stone paving of many sizes and thicknesses, very charming for its uniqueness, can be used both indoors and outdoors, and can enhance any type of environment with its rusticity and elegance. You can find antique stone slabs in our store, such us wonderful gray volcanic stone tuff (“Peperino tuff”) slabs, white stone slabs, majestic Beola stone slabs with iridescent colors (like the light gray with golden veins ones that shine in the sun like gold flakes).

Following a careful selection, we have the availability of original period floors from 1600s to 1800s until the early 1900s, recovered from demolition of ancient villas, old farmhouses or ancient rustic cottages in general. These materials are usually characterized by small imperfections and irregularities that are distinctive factors of their originality. The most fascinating and intriguing side of these materials is the patina, attrition nd harmony that the time may have created and invite to be lived again.

Once you choose the antique flooring suitable for your needs, you have the way to combine antique furniture, stone fireplaces and marble fireplaces mantel surrounds, as well as wooden doors. For any other needs or to discover other possibilities offthe Fiori online antiques sales site offers, freely browse the menu or explore the exhibition shop thanks to the virtual tour of the store.

The antique majolica tiles and floors in our showroom

What is an antique majolica? The ancient floor in majolica tiles called “riggiole” colored the floors; at the beginning it was used exclusively for churches and noble palaces, then in 1800s there was great spread of majolica floors that reached all houses of the cities and Countries. The wonderful majolica were often hand-painted by the famous “riggiolari”, the most famous of were the masters riggiolari Ustiniani, the Campagna, the Colonnese and many others who have signed these incredible painted carpets for several generations and have made an art the recovery of this materials.

Where do the antique majolica tiles come from? Antichità Fiorillo claims one of the Italian biggest collection with large quantities of antique majolica tiles coming from Naples, Amalfi Coast and Sicily, with the most famous Caltagirone tiles.

How are the antique majolica tiles used? A characteristic of antique majolica is that is very resistant so they can be used safely for both interiors and exteriors. Their floral and geometric patterns with bright or dichromatic colors are ideal for multiple uses: from kitchens, to bathrooms, to create beautiful frames and panels, to recreate a floor, or to be used like table tops, in a garden or in a terrace. All of them can be combined with antique terracotta floors, or reclaimed stone floors and also blended harmoniously with modern materials.

Antique terracotta flooring

Nowadays, the ancient terracotta floors are considered of absolute value. Antichità Fiorillo has a vast selection of floors recovered from the 1600s to the 1800s: from square to rectangular, in various sizes and colors ranging from yellow to orange, from pink to red.

What a splendid effect it will give to your home inserting terracotta tiles in your floor, of warm colors, recreating atmospheres of past times, mounted in a herringbone pattern, or perhaps enclosed by a frame.

Cement tiles and marble grit tiles (terrazzo tiles)

Antichità Fiorillo has always recovered every kind of antique floors and currently and is now experiencing a renewed interest in this historical floorings. It lead Antichità Fiorillo Team to offering its customers a wide selection of reclaimed floorings in cement tiles and antique marble grit tiles.

What are the cement and marble grit tiles?

The old cement and marble grit tiles (terrazzo tiles), appeared at the end of 1800s, with the advent of industrial revolution and consequently with a greater production of floorings of easy and quick realization but long lasting at the same time.

Accordingly, the terrazzo flooring marble grit tiles are composed with cement and small pieces of marble, while the cement tiles are made of cement paste, very fine sand and red, black or natural iron oxide.

These pretty floor coverings recreate square or hexagonal composition, with splendid flower motifs or geometric patterns can be insert to create elegant floor and wall claddings.

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