Grey Provençal Frieze

Yes, that is the intention: Frise Provençale Grise is rated for outdoor use and benefits from the anti-UV treatment Carocim systematically applies to its exterior cement tiles. The white, grey and black pigments stay protected and true to their real colours. With periodic resealing and gentle neutral-soap cleaning, the frieze will simply gain a soft patina, not lose its character.

Every Frise Provençale Grise is cast by hand: pigments poured into a divider mould, pressed, then cured without firing. At €163.80 per square metre, you pay for that craftsmanship, a 16 mm thick cement tile coloured in the mass, and a symmetrical frieze design from Carocim's Classiques collection that industrial printing cannot replicate with the same depth and texture.

Three shades, white, grey and black, make up the standard Frise Provençale Grise, and the same frieze already exists in other colourways such as blue or yellow versions. As a workshop that colours every cement tile by hand, Carocim can study bespoke combinations on request; contact the team with your project to confirm feasibility, lead time and conditions.

As part of Carocim's Classiques collection, Frise Provençale Grise appears alongside the other traditional friezes and patterns on Carocim.com, where product visuals show each cement tile laid in context. Browsing the collection pages is the best way to picture the white, grey and black frieze with coordinating designs before ordering samples of your shortlisted tiles.

Yes, in keeping with tradition: a frieze like this one starts as a drawing before being turned into the brass divider mould used in the Carocim workshop. Each Frise Provençale Grise is then poured by hand, pigment by pigment, which is why every cement tile carries subtle variations around its crisp symmetrical pattern.