intarsia
nounEtymology Borrowed from Italian intarsio.
1
A decorative form of Italian wood inlaying.
- The steps of the raised temple in which the saint and the basilisk perform have a beautiful intarsia of foliage similar to that on the Giants' Staircase at the Doges' Palace.1914, Edward Verrall Lucas, A Wanderer in Venice, New York: Macmillan:
2
Business, Knitting, Manufacturing, Textiles A knitted design resembling a mosaic.
- Related terms
- marquetry