TARSIA
\tˈɑːsi͡ə], \tˈɑːsiə], \t_ˈɑː_s_iə]\
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tär'si-a, n. an Italian mosaic, at first dealing with geometrical patterns in wood, but which developed into inlaid representations of architecture, views, figures, and drapery, and finally into foliaceous scrolls of modern marquetry. [It.]
By Thomas Davidson
By Sir Augustus Henry
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