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Most of Cosbert’s pictures are checkerboard arrangements of tilelike squares, rendered loosely in multiple hues of sand-infused paint.

From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2021

For example, in the small gallery devoted to the earliest works, we see that Mr. Koons first glamorized dime store items — mostly inflatable plastic flowers — by displaying them on tilelike mirrors.

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2014

Michael Bauer adds tilelike black-and-white borders to a painterly tangle that evokes the liquidity of Wols and the precision of early Dalí.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2010

At the bottom is a large rope moulding, then three courses of tilelike bricks set diagonally.

From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum