Lantern (Noir+Blanca) Cement Tile

Lantern (Noir+Blanca) Cement Tile

An interlocking ogee lattice unfolds across a charcoal-black ground, each curved quatrefoil outlined in crisp cream, with a small cream diamond marking every point where the lattice lines cross. The contrast is stark and graphic, closer to ironwork tracery than a soft floral repeat.

Lantern is a rotational quarter-design, and the four-tile assembly determines how continuous the lattice reads. Set corners-in, the ogee curves from each tile link seamlessly into one unbroken trellis running across the whole floor. Set corners-out, the curves separate into four distinct lantern-shaped medallions instead, each ringed by its own border rather than merging into a single lattice.

Each tile is hand-pressed from pigmented cement by artisans in Fez, using a hydraulic process that has shaped North African floors for well over a century — the pigment set not by fire, but by time and pressure.

Sold by the square foot, with each 8" x 8" tile covering just under half a square foot — about two and a quarter tiles per square foot of coverage. The quantity you select at checkout is square footage, and we'll round the tile count up so your installer never comes up short. The high-contrast graphic pattern suits an entryway, a powder room, or a kitchen floor where a bold black-and-white statement feels right.

Cement tile carries the fingerprints of its making — soft variation in tone and a slightly porous, hand-finished surface that no machine could replicate. We recommend sealing every tile before installation and again after grouting — a small ritual that protects the pigment for decades to come. For larger runs, order ten percent beyond your total square footage to allow for cuts and pattern matching.

$15.75 per square foot. 

8" x 8" x 0.375".

SKU#: CEM088