Hospices de Beaune

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

Each tile ships in a kraft box, tied with cream ribbon, with a handwritten note from the studio if you'd like to add one.

Three or five different vistas, hung together — a chapter of places you've been, or want to go.

In the town of Beaune, in the Côte-d'Or department of Burgundy, eastern France. The old almshouse sits on rue de l'Hôtel-Dieu in the centre of town, about 40 km south of Dijon and a short walk from the medieval ramparts.

Two things: its polychrome diamond-patterned roof, one of the great surviving images of Burgundian Gothic architecture, and its annual November wine auction, the oldest charity wine auction in the world.

Construction began in 1443. The almshouse was founded by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor to Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy, and his wife Guigone de Salins, as a hospital for the poor near the close of the Hundred Years' War. It opened to its first patients on 1 January 1452.

Varnished terracotta tiles in yellow, green, red, and black, laid in geometric diamond patterns. The technique is called tuiles vernissées de Bourgogne and became the signature roof style of Burgundian Gothic civil architecture in the late fifteenth century.

The third Sunday of November every year. The auction has run since 1859, has been managed by Christie's since 2005, and all proceeds fund the modern Hôpital Philippe le Bon that succeeded the old Hôtel-Dieu in 1971.

Yes. The Hôtel-Dieu is now a museum, open daily. Visitors walk through the Salle des Pôvres with its curtained beds, the apothecary, the kitchen, and the chapel that once held Rogier van der Weyden's polyptych The Last Judgement.

The Hospices de Beaune is the charitable foundation, still active since 1443. The Hôtel-Dieu is its original fifteenth-century building, the one with the famous roof. The working hospital moved to a modern campus in 1971; the old hall is now the museum.

It often is. The Hospices de Beaune is the spiritual home of Burgundy wine, and its November auction sets the opening price for the vintage. A Medium or Large makes a strong cellar-room piece; a Coaster Set works on a tasting table.

The colour saturation and geometric pattern carry well in Old-World Maximalist, French Country, and Jewel-tone interiors. The tile also reads cleanly against Modern Farmhouse or Stone-and-Oak backdrops where it gives the room its single point of colour.

Yes. Heritage architectural motifs and saturated colour are getting more wall-space in current interiors, paired often with reclaimed oak and oxidised brass. The Hospices roof reads as both heritage and graphic at the same time, which is rare for a single wall piece.

Above a sofa, a single Large or a 4-tile Mural. Above a console table or sideboard, a Medium or two Smalls side by side reads as a paired set. A 9-tile Mural turns a long wall into a feature.

Yes, with the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and humidity-stable, so they handle showers, backsplashes, and steamy kitchens without trouble. The Glossy finish is for framed wall art in dry rooms.

Microfibre cloth and water. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure and sits beneath a thin glossy finish, so it doesn't fade or wipe off. No cleaners, no oils.

Yes. Every WenderVista tile is original to the studio. We don't license other artists, and we don't reuse the same piece across product lines. The Hospices de Beaune is one of our Burgundy pieces, part of the Wender Studios atlas of places.