Heritage

“Rumah Tegel” (The Tile House) was a tile factory in Lasem, a small town in Central Java, Indonesia, whose products once decorated the residences of the royal families and wealthy merchants across the island. The factory is now defunct but visitors are still allowed to come inside and appreciate some of the artworks that the owner families left behind.

The owner was named Lie Thiam Kwie. The factory was established in 1910. At the time of this tile factory prime, tiles were sent with various ornaments to Rembang, Juwana, Pati, Blora, Surabaya, Semarang, and Kudus.

This Tile Factory Lie Thiam Kwie uses hydraulic presses machine imported directly from Leipzig, Germany. Therefore, the trademark of the factory Lie Thiam Kwie is LZ.

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