Definitions for intarsias

intarsias in·tar·si·a

Spelling: [in-tahr-see-uh]
IPA: /ɪnˈtɑr si ə/

Intarsias is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 301 anagrams from letters in intarsias (aaiinrsst).

Definitions for intarsias

noun

  1. an art or technique of decorating a surface with inlaid patterns, especially of wood mosaic, developed during the Renaissance.

Origin of intarsias

1860-65; alteration (influenced by Italian tarsia) of Italian intarsio, derivative of intarsiare to inlay, equivalent to in- in-2 + tarsiare Arabic tarṣīʿ an

Examples for intarsias

In some of the early Italian "intarsia" the decoration was cut into the surface of the panel piece by piece.

Bosses of lions' heads and rosettes project from the surfaces of the beams, between which the intarsia panels are flat.

The intarsia doors of the palace at Urbino are among the most famous examples of this form of decoration.

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.

The painter, the mosaicist, and the designer for intarsia are confused in a similar manner.

Of all the examples of pictorial intarsia the most elaborate are perhaps those in the choir stalls of Sta.

Word Value for intarsias
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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