Intarsia is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.
You can make 249 anagrams from letters in intarsia (aaiinrst).
1860-65; alteration (influenced by Italian tarsia) of Italian intarsio, derivative of intarsiare to inlay, equivalent to in- in-2 + tarsiare Arabic tarṣīʿ an
In some of the early Italian "intarsia" the decoration was cut into the surface of the panel piece by piece.
The same writer mentions still more elaborate examples of pictorial "intarsia" in the choir stalls of Sta.
At the south end is one of the finest examples of intarsia, or inlaid wood-work, in Italy.
Bosses of lions' heads and rosettes project from the surfaces of the beams, between which the intarsia panels are flat.
Of all the examples of pictorial intarsia the most elaborate are perhaps those in the choir stalls of Sta.
The intarsia doors of the palace at Urbino are among the most famous examples of this form of decoration.
The painter, the mosaicist, and the designer for intarsia are confused in a similar manner.