Black and white were earlier than the 1920's. 1920's bathrooms were meant to be colorful. Do the research and keep the tile. You don't need your bathroom looking like every other bathroom trying to pretend it was built in the 1920's (including mine in my new build) However what I would have given for what you have!

Love the pink (mauve) tiles!

The tiles are lovely and timeless, maybe remove the skirting ones to minimize the overall pinkness?

The tiles look great, perhaps leave them but add a touch of modern with the Albert Hadley, firecracker wallpaper. Love the look

All- I appreciated your feedback and suggestions.
Hmm, if I do move forward keeping the original tile flooring and I do plan to remove the old tub with a freestanding clawfoot tub, I would need to tile the space/area where the tub will be. That being said, What color and style tile flooring that will coordinate with the existence mauve tile flooring ? Help.
Thanks

I'm going to disagree with keeping the tiles. Once you decide to remove the tub, you're going to open a whole can of worms. I've lived in a 1920s house for many years and have renovated all the bathrooms. I've found that unless you just want to make cosmetic changes, doing a partial renovation is asking for trouble. Once you start banging away at the old fixtures, you will disturb the surrounding tiles, (most likely) plaster walls, and most notably, the pipes. Unless a prior owner replaced them, the pipes are very old and probably corroded and if disturbed, will cause leaks. Also, finding a match or coordinating tile for your existing tile is going to be very difficult.

You can reproduce a 1920s bathroom with new tile that looks appropriate for the period.

Here are some of my favorite looks:

Green and black were very popular in the early part of the 20th Century:

Pasadena Green guest bathroom · More Info

Helena 1 · More Info

The site "Retrorenovation" has great articles and sources for vintage-looking products.

Here's a link to "Antique Home Style" a great website for photos and information on old homes. The link is to an article on vintage 1920s bathrooms, which actually were white during the early part of the decade, then became more colorful towards the end, and continuing until the middle to the end of the 20th Century.

https://www.antiquehomestyle.com/inside/bathrooms/1920s/index.htm

I know my 1935 house has its tiles set in a thick mortar.

are you sure those tile are original? they don't look like it.

can we see a pic of the entire bathroom?

they have those exact tiles in porcelain, or marble if you want to replace them.

just search, "basketweave tiles"

Hi Beth H.
Thanks for the post.
The home sold to me from original owner via her granddaughter who suggested I should keep the tiles as they’re original from her grandmother who lived there. Yes there are titles out there with similar pattern basketweave but not the same mauve/pink color. Correct, I was to replace them, there are a lot of options for me.
I’ll upload more pictures of the bathroom later this week.
Thanks

Mike, do you know what kind of design you want to do? Apparently that pink tile was called

wicker weave! I just learned something!! But it's from 1930. Maybe the original owner had the bathroom redone around that time.

1920 designs

any of these would work

this is an upgraded version.

They are still making the same tile.

Mike why don’t you post pics of your whole bathroom?

I love a vintage bathroom. I don’t think you’ll be able to save the tile if you plan to remove the tub. If you want to salvage what’s there and get some black In there, paint your walls black or dark charcoal.

(Not pink...but gives you an idea)