intarsia
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thumb|Geometric figure (1537), intarsia by fra Damiano da Bergamo; Museum of the Basilica of Saint Dominic, Bologna, Italy thumb|Intarsia on the First aid kit of Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, [[Historical Museum of Serbia]]
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- Instance of
- handicraft
- Subclass of
- woodworking
- Image
- Chorgestühl St. Martin Memmingen - Intarsien (10).JPG
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- different from
- marquetry
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- Intarsia
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- History
- Overview
- History
- Renaissance intarsia of the Quattrocento
- Masters of perspective in Florence
- The Certosa di Pavia
- The workshop of the Canozi of Lendinara
- Giovanni da Verona and the Veneto–Neapolitan manner
- Decline
- Process
- Technique and subjects
- Woodcarvers
- See also
- Bibliography
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Geometric figure (1537), intarsia by fra Damiano da Bergamo; Museum of the Basilica of Saint Dominic, Bologna, Italy thumb|Intarsia on the First aid kit of Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, [[Historical Museum of Serbia]]
Intarsia is a form of wood inlaying that is similar to marquetry. The practice dates from before the 7th century AD. The technique inserts sections of wood (at times with contrasting ivory or bone, or mother-of-pearl) within the solid wood matrix of floors and walls or of tabletops and other furniture; by contrast marquetry assembles a pattern out of veneers glued upon the carcass.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “intarsia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.