Noir Cement Tile
A true black, deep and matte with none of the shine a glaze would give it. Cast in cement, the color settles into a flat, absolute density — closer to blackened iron than a glazed surface, dark enough to read as architecture rather than decoration. Each tile is hand-pressed from pigmented cement by artisans in Fez, following 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. A solid field of black makes a dramatic floor on its own, or serves as the grounding border for any of our patterned Noir-family tiles.
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.
$13.50 per square foot.
Dimensions: 8" × 8" × 0.375"
SKU#: CEM076
