Deruta is a hill town and comune in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region of central Italy. Long known as a center of refined maiolica manufacture...

wares for export. Orvieto and Deruta both produced maioliche in the fifteenth century. In the sixteenth century, maiolica production was established at...

of polychrome decoration is complemented by the maiolica floor tiles, and contemporary works from Deruta, which show heraldic devices, Della Rovere trees...

pedestal with painted benches and martyrdom scenes. The original maiolica floor tiles from Deruta also survived. The Costa Chapel follows the same plan as the...