intarsia
DECORATIVE INLAY TECHNIQUE USING PRECISELY FIT PIECES OF MATERIAL, MOST OFTEN VENEER, TO PRODUCE A DESIGN
Intarsio; Intarcia; Entarcia; Entarsia
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¦ noun
1. a method of knitting, in which a separate length or ball of yarn is used for each area of colour.
2. elaborate marquetry or inlaid work, especially as practised in 15th-century Italy.
Origin
from Ital. intarsio; superseding earlier tarsia (from Ital., 'marquetry').