tarsia
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tarsia
< Italian < Arabic tarṣīʿ inlay
Example Sentences
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A few works in tarsia were still executed, but none of much importance.
From Intarsia and Marquetry by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
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 F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
But to return to Giuliano; he made the presses of the Sacristy of S. Maria del Fiore, which were held at that time to be admirable examples of tarsia and inlaid-work.
From Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 03 (of 10), Filarete and Simone to Mantegna by Gaston du C. De Vere
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 F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
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 John Addington Symonds
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