{"id":794,"date":"2014-10-13T16:10:28","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T21:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/?p=794"},"modified":"2015-07-30T18:39:19","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T23:39:19","slug":"cambodias-antique-patterned-cement-tile-floors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/cambodias-antique-patterned-cement-tile-floors\/","title":{"rendered":"Cambodia’s Antique Patterned Cement Tile Floors"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Siem\u00a0The Khmer Rouge may have destroyed much of the population and vitality\u00a0of\u00a0Cambodia in the 1970’s but the lovely cement tile floors in the old districts lived through it all.<\/p>\n

Siem Reap\u00a0[si\u0259m ri\u0259p]\u00a0in northwest Cambodia is\u00a0a town adjacent to the Angkor World Heritage Site, location of the world famous ancient\u00a0Angkor Wat<\/a>\u00a0temple complex.\u00a0The cafes and shops along the streets in the Siem Reap Old Market district reveal an assortment of colorful cement tile floors in age old patterns.
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Old Siem Reap market area<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
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A swirling hand drawn pattern like this is seldom seen in current cement tile production.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Even hardware stores have classic cement tile flooring like this 3 color pattern.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This cafe’s antique cement tile pattern with fleur-de-lis and berries is a popular pattern today.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The pattern in this cafe tile is reminiscent of medieval clay encaustic tile in pattern and colors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Antique cubes cement tile in typical popular Cambodian colors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our quest to explore antique cement tile leads to many surprises. Patterns that were popular a long time ago remain strong sellers today. We love discovering beautiful cement tile installations that are still loved and appreciated in unexpected parts of the world. It seems that while cement tiles were once made commercially in Cambodia, now only one workshop may remain. \u00a0Known as\u00a0Kay Vath’s tile factory<\/a>\u00a0in Phnom Penh.\u00a0The factory and shop is on Russian Boulevard, near Teak Thla market but as the article says, his output is small. Now most new cement tiles are imported into Cambodia but the cheap printed ceramic tiles from China\u00a0predominate\u00a0due to the very low cost. Cambodia is in a state of recovery still and has a ways to go.<\/p>\n

Our trip to Cambodia and neighboring Vietnam\u00a0was wonderful and led to many excellent cement tile sightings. We’ll be posting photos of them in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0The Khmer Rouge may have destroyed much of the population and vitality\u00a0of\u00a0Cambodia in the 1970’s but the lovely cement tile floors in the old districts lived through it all. Siem Reap\u00a0[si\u0259m ri\u0259p]\u00a0in northwest Cambodia is\u00a0a town adjacent to the Angkor World Heritage Site, location of the world famous ancient\u00a0Angkor Wat\u00a0temple complex.\u00a0The cafes and shops along … Continue reading Cambodia’s Antique Patterned Cement Tile Floors<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[149,150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antique-encaustic-cement-tile","category-travel"],"yoast_head":"\nCambodia's Antique Patterned Cement Tile Floors - Cement Style<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/cambodias-antique-patterned-cement-tile-floors\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lundy P. 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