tarsia

[ tahr-see-uh, tahr-see-uh ]

/ ˈtɑr si ə, tɑrˈsi ə /

intarsia.

Origin of tarsia

< Italian < Arabic tarṣīʿ inlay

“It is a virtual dictionary of the cityscape of Los Angeles,” Tarsia says.

Dennis Hopper: The Missing Years |Liza Foreman |June 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Hella is painting a paperknife in imitation of tarsia mosaic.

A Young Girl's Diary |An Anonymous Young Girl
The study is panelled in tarsia of beautiful design and execution.

New Italian sketches |John Addington Symonds
The designs for the tarsia of the sacristy were made by Squarcione, master of Mantegna and Lorenzo, who was paid for them in 1462.

Intarsia and Marquetry |F. Hamilton Jackson

And to commence with the objects that one sees around every day, here are books expressed in tarsia that seem real.

Intarsia and Marquetry |F. Hamilton Jackson
There is, however, no material suitable for tarsia which requires so much care and experience in its use.

Intarsia and Marquetry |F. Hamilton Jackson

tarsia

/ (ˈtɑːsɪə) /

another term for intarsia

C17: from Italian, from Arabic tarsi`; see intarsia