I am looking for a (possibly discontinued) Italian floor tile, see
http://home.comcast.net/~johnphilipdawson/index.html for a picture.
They are 34 cm x 34 cm, or slightly less than 13.5" on a side.  
The edges are uneven (surface is chipped to reveal material
underneath top glaze) and bevelled, and the corners are rounded (approx
1/4" radius).  The color is terra cotta with the appearance of a
whitewash (however this is part of the glaze).  I need 120 of them
but would take more.  In case it helps to locate them, the bottom
is ribbed with several thin ribs then a thicker rib.

Hello johnpd-ga,

We've had lots of question from people with similar quests for tiles.
It might be helpful to you to review some of these prior questions.
You might find something that will give you a source for your tile or
suggest better ways of helping to identify the tile you have so a
researcher can attempt to search for it.

http://answers.google.com/answers/search?q=floor+OR+ceramic+OR+discontinued+tile&qtype=all

Good luck.

~ czh ~

Hi, 

Regarding sources, I did already look through prior queries to see 
if there were any leads to sources for discontinued tiles.  Obviously 
the people asking the questions normally don't know sources; and the 
answers are usually fairly specific, such as such-and-such a distributor 
has the tile you are looking for.
If there are any questions or responses that have more general
information about finding tiles, such as clearinghouses for
discontinued tiles, I'd
be happy to see the reference -- please provide as a comment.  The only
one I know of (found a different way) is Bullnose Tile in San Jose, CA.
I have checked with them already.

Regarding better ways to identify the tile, unfortunately I do not know 
the manufacturer; I have looked at the sides and bottom of several tiles 
pried up from the floor but have only seen "Italy" and the number "9596".  
I do not know if this number is a lot number, a manufacturer's part number, 
or what  -- and googling for that number along with various other search 
terms has not yielded any useful result, so I did not include it in the
 description since it may be misleading.  The tiles were installed 
probably 11 years and two owners ago which is why I don't know the manufacturer.
I did include a link to a picture of a tile, a verbal description, and
exact size -- is there something else specifically that would be helpful?

Thanks, John