Italian Described by Frederick Carder with this borrowed woodworker term for designs applied to the surface of colorless parison and replied with crystal.
Derived from the Italian word for "inlay", this flat knit fabric with geometric patterns of solid color identical on both sides.
Also known as Florentine Mosaic, Intarsia is an art form created by cutting various gemstones together in a pattern. It originally referred to inlay of wood veneers, ivory, or metal into a wood ground.
knit fabric of two or more colors characterized by an unrestricted stretch
A form of marquetry. Very pictorial used on Renaissance and 16th century German furniture.
a knit fabric with an inlaid pattern in contrasting color, usually geometric. The design appears on one part of the fabric rather than all over as a jacquard. It is generally engineered to fall on a certain area of the garment.
A flat knit fabric with solid-colored, geometric patterns. The sides of the fabric are identical. Derived from the Italian for "inlay."
Derived from Italian meaning "inlay." A flat knit fabric with patterns knitted in solid colors, so that both sides of the fabric are alike.
A design or motif in color that gives the appearance of being inlaid in the fabric.
Elaborate pictorial marquetry or inlaid paneling, used in Renaissance Italy and also 16th century Germany.
A geometric pattern knitted-in either with a different stitch or a different colour from the background. In intarsia knitting, both sides of the fabric look alike.
A colored design knitted on both sides of a fabric.
A decorative technique in wood or stone in which pieces of different colour and equal thickness are cut to the shape according to the design and then attached to a support.
Similar to inlay, with designs such as an entire scene sunk into a solid wood surface.
Form of wood inlay, especially of materials other than wood (such as ivory or metal). Derived from Oriental ivory inlays.
A method of colour patterning, where a separate strand of yarn is used for each colour. Each area of colour is single and does not have another coloured yarn passing either through it or across it. There is a specialist industrial machine for knitting intarsia.
Originally from Italian style of marquetry of the 15th century. A decorative technique of inlaying a design on a wooden surface in colored wood or mother-of-pearl across the entire surface.
A form of appliqué where the shape is placed into an identical hole in the ground fabric and the two joined with small overcast stitches.
A technique of sinking a decorative design across an entire surface.
A motif design knitted in solid colours into a weft knitted fabric.
Inlaid pictorial decoration loosely described as mosaic in wood. The design is cut out of different colored woods and then inset in panels.
Essentially a Mosaic inlaid within a wooden panel, table or chest. Elements may include ivory or precious stone.
Form of wood inlay, especially of other materials, such as ivory and metal, derived from Oriental ivory inlays.
Intarsia is a knitting technique used to create patterns with multiple colours. As with the woodworking technique of the same name, fields of different colours and materials appear to be inlaid in one another, but are in fact all separate pieces, fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.