Incrustation (Stone carving)
URI(s)
Variants
Florentine mosaic
Hardstone inlay
Inlay, Hardstone
Intarsia, Stone
Mosaic, Florentine
Pietra dura
Stone intarsia
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Sources
found: Work cat.: 91060247: Giusti, A.M. Pietre dure : hardstone in furniture and decorations, 1992:p. 6, etc. (hardstone inlay; stone intarsia; commesso di pietre dure, Florentine mosaic)
found: McGraw-Hill art(incrustation: technique of decor. in which a surface is inlaid with contrasting materials; true incrustation is restricted to the inlaying of stone with stone or stone-like materials)
found: Random House.
found: Splendori di pietre dure, l'arte di corte nella Firenze dei Granduchi, c1988.
found: AAT(Pietre dure, alt. pietra dura; inlaid work in which pieces of hard, polished stone are set into marble or another hard surface)
found: Grove dict. of art, Dec. 18, 2000(Pietra dura: italian 'hard stone': decorative form of mosaic made of hardstones and used on table tops, altar panels and so on; from the late 16th cent. the production of pietra dura was a speciality of the workshops set up in the Uffizi, Florence, by Grand Duke Ferdinando de' Medici; hence it is also known as Florentine mosaic)
notfound: Dict. fine arts terms;Art index
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Change Notes
2001-01-25: new
2001-03-02: revised
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