intarsia
an art or technique of decorating a surface with inlaid patterns, especially of wood mosaic, developed during the Renaissance.
Origin of intarsia
1- Also tarsia.
Other words from intarsia
- in·tar·si·ate [in-tahr-see-eyt, -it], /ɪnˈtɑr siˌeɪt, -ɪt/, adjective
Words Nearby intarsia
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How to use intarsia in a sentence
The choir is a five-sided apse, round which are the canons' stalls of good intarsia work.
Cathedral Cities of Italy | William Wiehe CollinsThe open stalls in the choir have some extremely good intarsia work.
Cathedral Cities of Italy | William Wiehe CollinsThe intarsia doors of the palace at Urbino are among the most famous examples of this form of decoration.
The Decoration of Houses | Edith WhartonAt the south end is one of the finest examples of intarsia, or inlaid wood-work, in Italy.
Cathedral Cities of Italy | William Wiehe CollinsThe choir stalls are very finely carved and decorated with superb intarsia work.
Cathedral Cities of Italy | William Wiehe Collins
British Dictionary definitions for intarsia
tarsia
/ (ɪnˈtɑːsɪə) /
a decorative or pictorial mosaic of inlaid wood or sometimes ivory of a style developed in the Italian Renaissance and used esp on wooden wall panels
the art or practice of making such mosaics
(in knitting) an individually worked motif
Origin of intarsia
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