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Tar′sia-work.

A species of inlaying in wood, much practiced in Italy during the Middle Ages, especially for wall-paneling.

Wood in its natural colors was employed in the earlier specimens, but afterward, when more complicated figures, birds, flowers, etc., were introduced, the various pieces were stained; the colors, however, generally lacked permanence. The art was revived some years since in France, and M. Boucherie introduced a method of permanently tinting the wood to a considerable depth. Shades are produced by immersing the pieces in hot sand; the design is built up on paper, and applied in the manner of veneer.

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