Look up: intarsia

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   intarsia
   (1)Weft-knitted plain, rib, or purl fabrics containing designs in two or more colours. Each area of colour is knitted from a separate yarn, which is contained entirely within that area; (2)A motif design in stitch and/or colour. Category: Various industries and crafts
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   intarsia
   An Italian term for pictorial MARQUETRY or INLAID DECORATION found on 15th and 16thC Italian panelling and furniture. Various woods, tortoiseshell, metals and ivory were chosen for colour and texture to create a realistic architectural perspective, or a symmetrical still-life group of objects such as musical or precision instruments.
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   Intarsia
   `Intarsia` is a form of wood inlaying that is similar to marquetry. The term is also used for a similar technique used with small, highly polished stones (see pietre dure). The technique of intarsia inlays sections of wood (at times with contrasting ivory or bone) within the solid matrix; by contrast marquetry assembles a pattern out of veneers upon the carcase. The technique of intarsia is believed to have developed in the Islamic world; introdu...
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   intarsia
   (from the article `trompe l`oeil`) In Italy in the 15th century an inlay work known as intarsia was used on choir stalls and in sacristies, frequently as trompe l`oeil views of ...
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   Intarsia
   A technique of sinking a decorative design across an entire surface. Essentially a Mosaic inlaid within a wooden panel, table or chest. Elements may include ivory or precious stone.
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   Intarsia
   a motif design knitted in solid colours into a weft knitted fabric.
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   intarsia
   intarsia (intär'sēu) or tarsia,properly a form of wood inlaying. The term is sometimes applied to inlays of other materials such as ivory and metal. It is differentiated from marquetry by the basic veneering process of the latter. The term intarsia is specifically applied to a type of...
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