tarsia

American  

[tahr-see-uh, tahr-see-uh] / ˈtɑr si ə, tɑrˈsi ə /

noun

1. intarsia.

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tarsia British  

/ ˈtɑːsɪə /

noun

1. another term for intarsia

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Etymology

Origin of tarsia

< Italian < Arabic tarṣīʿ inlay

Example Sentences

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

The "most solemn" masters of tarsia in Florence were the Majani, La Cecca, Il Francione, and the da San Gallo.

From Intarsia and Marquetry by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

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 1488 he carved a choir of walnut, outlined with tarsia, for the Chapel Minerbetti in S. Pancrazio, for which he was paid 100 florins of gold.

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