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   The casino of the spa town  La Bourboule is built by Mr. Chardon from 1892. Extension works begin in 1928: the symmetry is respected, a balcony resting on columns is added over the entire length, the elevations are decorated with mosaics enhanced with gold floral motifs.

In the center, the La Bourboule coat of arms.

Herbs

A mosaic-decorated  shop  is created for the herbalist Pierre Tourneux in 1934 at the corner of No. 26 rue Saint-Martin - 36 rue Saint-Aubin in Angers (France): the monogram with intertwined letters CT on the threshold of the entrance door to the store probably refers to this owner (and his wife?). The design of the storefront is due to the architect Ernest Bricard and the decor to the famous  mosaicist Isidore Odorico, in its characteristic Art  Déco style..
The herbalism activity stopped in 2006, and the shop has since been converted to a fashion store...

  The initial look of the shop can be seen hereunder.

D-Day

      Mosaïc on the ceiling of the chapel in the WWII american cemetery in Colleville  near Omaha-beach , Normandy.
      In this cemetary  almost 10 000 american soldiers killed in the 1944 fights  in France are buried.

Maison Rozier

La Bourboule ( France)

The Rozier bakery and pastry  had  its decoration of the facade, made by the mosaicists Gentil and Bourdet,  combining the floral theme and that of water and inspired by the art deco styl. Diversity of drawings, but also colors and materials (traditional tesserae, pieces with glossy or matte surface) enhance the  neo-Louis XVI style windows.
 The decor was designed in 1920 by architect Louis Jarrier.

More bread

 Front of a bakery in  Chantenay Saint Imbert

Reconstruction

Modern vision of sailing boats in downtown Le Havre, re-build after its complete destruction during WW 2

Directly from Myanmar ...

 Richard our reporter in Myanmar writes:

 "  I was in Myanmar in January and thought you might enjoy these mosaics. Myanmar has a long history of mosaics which decorate their temples ( though not mosaics as we known them in the Western sense) but a very brief history of western style mosaics. I was able to visit an old high school in Yangon which had some mosaics created by artists in the late 1950’s, during the period when Myanmar was celebrating its independence from British Colonial rule, and before the dictatorship of the generals started.  These mosaics are especially rare as they are on walls of the former " Nat Mauk Technical High School" and have no religious significance, but rather they celebrate every day life in Myanmar. They were created within the first joyful decade of independence from British rule and before the rise of the military dictatorship of Myanmar. A number of Myanmar's most currently famous artists participated in their creation. I believe the vitreous glass came from Italy, mostly judging from some of the tiles I saw which resemble some Italian ones that I own. The artists probably had little or no experience making mosaics with vitreous glass, but at least one had embraced impressionism.They look best at a distance, where their pointillism blends into a whole. There are 4 huge mosaics, which I will call Dance, Landscape, Elephant, & Construction for lack of knowing their correct titles. The artists involved in this project both practicing artists and some of their students all went on to become some of Myanmar’s most famous artists. It is my understanding that some are still alive today. I believe the exact dates of the mosaics are 1957."

  Richard Davis