I chose this because it draws heavily from history like Britain in general which is pretty historical. Also homes in Britain are apparently smaller than a lot of other countries in the west, and I stereotype them as darker, smaller and old (probably because my house is dark and small...). Tiles like this would give that sort of feeling, the little pits of detail and the rich colours and meandering flourishing claustrophobic-y design with a buff, luscious, dragon-like lion (that's black and blue, which is amazing, I thought it was a panther, but it's like he designed a lion made out of saphire, all the colours are jewel like) looks like medieval illumination trying to show off to you and intimidate you at the same time. William De Morgan was inspired by tiles from the middle East, appropriating other culture's things seems traditionally British/ Western too.
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