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A head-on shot of a travelling salesman's sample board of colourful paving tiles, rare and unusual architectural antique
Large straight on image of a sample board featuring 6 textured paving stones in different pastel colours. This rare surviving item is a Modernist British architectural antique
Close up showing the mid-century modern lettering of the Noelite company's name on this mid-century British sample board advertising paving stones or slabs
Detail showing 4 of the 6 brightly coloured paving stones on a promotional advertising board made by Noelite Ltd of Kent circa 1950
Image showing how this sample board featuring colourful modernist tiles is freestanding. The item can now be appreciated as a Modernist art object
Side view of a travelling salesman's sample board of bright cheery and colourful paving blocks which helped transform post war architecture and homes in Britain
Image of a travelling salesman's sample board of noelite paving tiles sold by Noelite of Kent, England, since the 1920s and into the 1960s.
Detail shot showing the rough non-slip surface on noelite tiles. This texture only adds to decorative value of this fascinating mid-century British architectural collectable
Close up showing honest construction and wear to the original painted frame of this rare art object
Reverse image of Noelite tile sample board, the frame has a fin which allows it to be self standing
Detail showing old brass hinge on framed art object.
Image showing rust on the original screws still within the frame of this collectable british architectural art object
Reverse of free-standing framed sample board by Noelite ltd, the back of the frame and fin are painted in blue which could be called either duck egg or baby-blue
Close of the original rusting eyelet in the back of the frame which allows the art object to be wall hung
Side view of the framed square tiles, image highlights how well the red, grey and yellow tiles contrast with the blue mount and white frame. Great Modernist advertising collectable and art object
Detail of 6 colourful Noelite tiles mounted on a baby-blue coloured board, each square tile is named. Written are sand pink, grey, red 1, stone, red 2, and, slate.
lead image of old vintage advertising board displaying colourful square tiles made by Noelite of Kent in the 1950s
Artistic mood image showing an old vintage advertising board hung on a wall as a pice of art. Accompanying the British found art object are two sgraffito Rye pottery vases and obscuring the view is a trailing plant.
Antique Noelite Ltd advertisement from a page of The Monthly Army List of May 1937. The ad listing indicates that Noelite were making their paving, available in six colours, since 1927. Some of the company’s notable commissions before 1937 include Girton College -Cambridge, the Royal Enclosure -Ascot, and the Crown Estate Office -Windsor Castle.
Bright green, white, and black Modernist front cover of a book on Modern houses 'for better living' by Normans Housing Ltd of Bexley Heath
An advert for Noelite paving tiles on the reverse cover of a book on Modern houses 'for better living' by Normans Housing Ltd of Bexley Heath
Mid-20th Century

Modernist ‘Noelite’ Paving Sample Board

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A highly decorative and colourful ‘Noelite’ paving block sample board, made & used in mid-twentieth century Britain.

Presumably, the wall mountable or free-standing sample board was either carried by a travelling salesperson’s or hung in a hardware store.

The six textured, ‘non-slip’, paving blocks advertised are different pastel colours, such as ‘stone’, ‘pink’, and ‘grey’. These colours, described by Noelite Ltd (of Borough Green, Kent) as ‘bright and cheerful’ are displayed within an off-white frame and a baby-blue coloured mount.

An advertisement we found in The Monthly Army List of May 1937 indicates that Noelite were making their paving, available in six colours, since 1927. Some of the company’s notable commissions before 1937 include Girton College -Cambridge, the Royal Enclosure -Ascot, and the Crown Estate Office -Windsor Castle.

Manufacturer: Noelite

Year of Design: C. 1950

Colours: Reds, greys, yellow, blue, pink, black, white

Height: 29.5 cm, Width: 36.5 cm, Depth (flat): 5 cm

Condition: Very good, some rust on original screws & eyelets.

Branding: Individual transfer letter stickers spell out; ‘Noelite, Non-Slip, Paving, Sand Pink, Grey, Red 1, Stone, Red 2, Slate.'