tarsia
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tarsia
< Italian < Arabic tarṣīʿ inlay
Example Sentences
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In 1463 he furnished a cartoon of the Nativity, which was executed in tarsia by Giuliano de Maiano in the sacristy of the cathedral and still exists.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
And to commence with the objects that one sees around every day, here are books expressed in tarsia that seem real.
From Intarsia and Marquetry by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)
In the Study of the Palace at Urbino, there is mention of "arm chairs encircling a table all mosaicked with tarsia, and carved by Maestro Giacomo of Florence," a worker of considerable repute.
From Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance by Addison, Julia de Wolf Gibbs
Borgognone again is said to have designed the saints and martyrs worked in tarsia for the choir-stalls.
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series by Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes
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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