Tarsiatura

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tarsia \Tar"si*a\, Tarsiatura \Tar`si*a*tu"ra\, n. [It.]
     A kind of mosaic in woodwork, much employed in Italy in the
     fifteenth century and later, in which scrolls and arabesques,
     and sometimes architectural scenes, landscapes, fruits,
     flowers, and the like, were produced by inlaying pieces of
     wood of different colors and shades into panels usually of


     walnut wood.
     [1913 Webster]