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

He made two large inlaid chests or cassoni, adorned with all the skill of a worker in tarsia, or wood-mosaic, and carried these with him to King Matthias Corvinus, of Hungary.

From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by Symonds, John Addington

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)

The designs for the tarsia of the sacristy were made by Squarcione, master of Mantegna and Lorenzo, who was paid for them in 1462.

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

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

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)