### barchent, tile stoves
barchent A textile made of mixed linen and cotton threads TI tile stoves Glass- and onion-shaped ceramic holes were cut into plastered kilns in Switzerland in the 12-13th centuries to increase the surface which released heat. These eye-stoves appeared in Hungary, too, in the 13th century. A more modern version, the tile stove also originates from Switzerland. It spread in Hungary in the second half of the 14th century. This was a kiln, which could burn in its whole size. In many cases they were made from enameled ceramic tiles. These tiles could have a closed face or if they wanted to increase the surface which released heat, they had an open, pierced face with a concave back. Gothic stoves were reminiscent of towers: they had a lower part including the fire-place, which was square-shaped, and it was covered with a polygonal - later round - dome or helmet. Stoves from the age of Louis I were various and colourful, some of them were decorated with unique ceramic sculpture. In the Sigismund age the formal variants became simple, the most general ones had tiles decorated with coats-of-arms, but on some there were reliefs, too. BG