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Intarsia (those, usually Mz. intarsien; arab., ital.)
         
    The antiquity already knew intarsien. The Islamic art availed itself of their with preference. At large artistic completion it here initially particularly arrived in the early Renaissance in Italy, in churches (choir stalls, doors, vestry cabinets), then also into the Palazzi, with furniture and wall panels. In the time of Ludwig XIV. the Intarsia experienced a high bloom again.
         
         
       
       
       
      Dancing lovers;
      Detail of a music room door
      after a sketch of
      Joseph M. Olbricht;
      around 1898 (private property)
       
       
       
       
      Source: Bertelsmann encyclopedia
         
         
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