Wender·Vista
Tilburg
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileNetherlands
in North Brabant, between Breda and Eindhoven

Tilburg

— — a textile town that kept its looms and turned them into a museum.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“The seventh-largest city in the Netherlands, in the south of North Brabant. The old wool mills along the Spoorzone have been reworked into the TextielMuseum and the LocHal library. De Pont sits in a former wool-spinning hall on the west side of town. The Tilburgse Kermis, the largest funfair in the Benelux, takes the city centre for ten days every July. from the studio

from the studio
Tilburg
— bring it home

Tilburg, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

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.

— about Tilburg

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Tilburg is a city in the south of the Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant, with a population of about 230,000 — the seventh-largest in the country. It sits roughly halfway between Breda and Eindhoven on the rail line south from Utrecht. The city grew around small textile workshops on the Brabant sand, became the centre of Dutch wool manufacture in the 19th century, and was granted city rights in 1809 by King Louis Bonaparte. Tilburg University was founded in 1927.

— the stone

The textile heritage is the city's architectural backbone. The TextielMuseum, on Goirkestraat in a former wool mill, holds the working TextielLab and an active collection of historic looms. De Pont Museum, opened in 1992 in the former Thomas de Beer wool-spinning hall, holds contemporary art in long industrial bays. The Spoorzone, the old railway works north of the station, has been reworked since 2013 around the LocHal — a former locomotive depot turned into a public library by Civic Architects, named World Building of the Year in 2019.

— informed by TextielMuseum, De Pont Museum
— the year

The Tilburgse Kermis runs for ten days each July, taking the centre from the Heuvel to the Piusplein. It is the largest funfair in the Benelux, drawing well over a million visitors. Roze Maandag, the kermis's pink Monday, has been an open LGBTQ event since 1991. The university year sets the rhythm of the rest of the calendar. Carnaval, called Kruikenstad week, takes the city in February. Trains from Amsterdam Centraal reach Tilburg in about ninety minutes via Utrecht.

— informed by Tilburgse Kermis
— where
Netherlands · North Brabant
— position
51.5719° N · 5.0672° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
1 km N
TextielMuseum
museum and working textile lab
2 km W
De Pont Museum
contemporary art museum
at the lake
LocHal
public library in former locomotive hall
25 km W
Breda
neighbouring city
N
Tilburg
TextielMuseum
De Pont Museum
LocHal
Breda
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Tilburg — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

In the south of the Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant, roughly halfway between Breda and Eindhoven. It sits on the main rail line south from Utrecht and is the seventh-largest city in the country.

From the 19th century the city was the centre of Dutch wool manufacture. The old mills along Goirkestraat and the Spoorzone now house the TextielMuseum, De Pont, and the LocHal public library.

A ten-day funfair held every July across the city centre. It is the largest kermis in the Benelux, drawing over a million visitors. Roze Maandag, an open LGBTQ event since 1991, is one of its anchors.

A public library opened in 2019 in a former locomotive maintenance hall in the Spoorzone. The conversion by Civic Architects, Braaksma & Roos, and Inside Outside was named World Building of the Year in 2019.

Yes, for contemporary art in particular. The collection holds work by Marlene Dumas, Bill Viola, Anish Kapoor and others. The galleries occupy the long bays of a 1930s wool-spinning hall on Wilhelminapark.

Take an intercity train from Amsterdam Centraal via Utrecht to Tilburg. The journey takes about 90 minutes and runs roughly every fifteen minutes through the working day.

— about the piece in your home

It often is, especially for Tilburg University alumni and former Brabanters living elsewhere. The piece reads the city as the locals do. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio carries well.

The brick reds, mill-green, and warm window-light sit inside Industrial-modern, Dutch-modern, and Warm-Minimalist interiors. It also reads well in a study lined with books and worn leather.

Yes. The piece reads the converted-mill aesthetic that drives current industrial-modern interiors, without leaning into the heavy black-steel version of the look. It softens a hard room.

Above a sofa, a single Large at the right scale. Above a wider console or in a stairwell, a 4-tile Mural; for a full feature wall, a 9-tile Mural carries the eye.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for any wall that sees steam or splash. Both are scratch-resistant and clean with a damp microfibre cloth.

A soft microfibre cloth and plain water. Avoid abrasive pads and ammonia-based sprays; the colour lives inside the ceramic surface and cleans like fine porcelain.

Yes. Reid Wender curates and the studio paints every piece in our stained-glass and alcohol-ink visual language. We do not licence the artwork in or out.

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