tarsia
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tarsia
< Italian < Arabic tarṣīʿ inlay
Example Sentences
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The only fully authenticated specimens which exist are the above-mentioned tarsia figures, over half life-size, executed from his cartoons for the sacristy of the duomo.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
Ivory has always been a favourite material with workers in tarsia, and in the hands of an experienced designer very charming things may be done with it.
From Intarsia and Marquetry by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)
Domenico di Mariotto first appears in the accounts in 1489, when he began the choir and seats for the Campo Santo; he went on with various works of tarsia and carving till 1513.
From Intarsia and Marquetry by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)
It is inlaid with a kind of tarsia work in stone, setting forth a variety of pictures in simple but eminently effective mosaic.
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by Symonds, John Addington
Borgognone, again, is said to have designed the saints and martyrs worked in tarsia for the choir-stalls.
From New Italian sketches by Symonds, John Addington
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