17th- And 18th-century Tiles Decorated With Representations Of Disabled People. From Barcelona, Catalonia.

Old colourful tile with the enamel painting of a woman using two crutches, and holding her right foot up. She's wearing working class 18th century clothes: a long yellow skirt, a white apron, an ocre blouse with her sleeves rolled up to her elbows, and a white handkerchief around her head, covering all her hair except for her bangs.

Colourful tile with a representation of a man wearing 18th-century clothes and hat, using a cane with his left arm and a wooden leg under his bent knee on his right leg. The lower half of his right leg and his right foot are resting on top of the wooden leg, not touching the floor.

Colourful tile with a representation of a man wearing 18th-century clothes with a wooden leg starting on his left knee, and resting his right arm on a cane. His right arm ends at his elbow.

Colourful tile with a representation of a man wearing late 18th century clothes and holding a cane. He doesn't have a hand in his right arm, and below his left leg starts a prosthetic leg and foot.

Colourful tile with a representation of a man wearing a cape, sitting down with his legs held together at his front. It's unclear where he is sitting, but between him and the ground there seems to be two round shapes, similar to wheels.

17th- and 18th-century tiles decorated with representations of disabled people. From Barcelona, Catalonia. Museu d'Història de Barcelona: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

This tiles are "rajoles d'ofici" (meaning "job tiles" in Catalan language), a typical kind of decorated tiles that were very common in Catalonia between the 16th and 19th centuries, and which have become one of the most iconic examples of Catalan folk art. "Job tiles" are called this way because very often they represented people working, but they also represent people taking part in festivities, hobbies, or many other activities from daily life, as well as animals and workplaces. Thousands of these tiles have been preserved, and thanks to them we can see snippets of life a few centuries ago. (You can find more information and examples of these tiles in this previous post.)

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