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What is Intarsia? INTARSIA: A mosaic worked in wood. The art or process of making such mosaics. Developed in 15th Century Italy. Readers Digest Dictionary. Intarsia was undoubtably the precursor of marquetry; it fell, however into decline as the ability to produce thin ly cut veneers needed for marquetry was developed. Early intarsia was a mosaic of equally thick pieces, whereas the intarsia work of today has developed into a modern sculptered artform relieved in three dimensions mainly due to the efforts of Judy Gale Roberts in America. |