Intarsia (English spelling)

Japanese: インタルシア（英語表記）intarsia

A type of marquetry. When it is made only from pieces of wood, it is also called marquetry. It is a decorative technique in which small pieces of wood with different colors and grains are inlaid into the surfaces of wooden products such as the interior walls of buildings, furniture, and small boxes to create various patterns. Ivory, tortoiseshell, seashells, brass, etc. may also be inlaid. This technique has been known since ancient times, but it developed particularly in 15th-century Italy, and then in the 17th and 18th centuries in France and southern Germany.

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Japanese:

寄せ木細工の一種。木片のみを使ったものはマルケットリーともいう。建物の内壁や，家具，小箱などの木製品の表面に，色や木目の異なる小さな木片をはめこみ，各種の模様を作り出す装飾技法。象牙，鼈甲，貝殻，真鍮などをはめこむこともある。この技法は古代から知られていたが，15世紀イタリアで，次いで 17～18世紀にフランスや南ドイツで特に発達した。

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