inlay

1. 1. To set (pieces of wood or ivory, for example) into a surface, usually at the same level, to form a design.
   2. To decorate by setting in such designs.
2. To insert (a photograph, for example) within a mat in a book.

1. 1. Contrasting material set into a surface in pieces to form a design.
   2. A design, pattern, or decoration made by inlaying.
2. Dentistry. A solid filling, as of gold or porcelain, fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place.

1. a restoration of metal, fired porcelain, or plastic made to fit a tapered cavity preparation and fastened to or luted into it with a cementing medium. v 2. to perform such a procedure.

For other uses, see Inlay (disambiguation).

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Bronze inlaid with silver: ceremonial flask, Eastern Zhou dynasty, China, from the Warring States period, 3rd century BCE (Freer Gallery of Art)

Inlay is a decorative technique of inserting pieces of coloured materials into depressions in a base object to form patterns or pictures. Inlays commonly use wood veneer, but other materials like shells and niello may also be used.

Inlay differs from marquetry, a similar technique, in that marquetry is applied over an entire surface of an object, whereas inlay consists of small pieces inserted into cut spaces in the base material.

Inlay is commonly used in production of decorative furniture, where pieces of coloured wood or metal are inserted into the veneer. Lutherie inlays are frequently used as decoration and marking on musical instruments, particularly the smaller strings.

Studiolo di Gubbio, due to Francesco di Giorgio and made for Federico da Montefeltro (Metropolitan Museum di New York)

The most famous example of furniture inlay in Europe may be the late 15th century Studiolo [1] made for Federico da Montefeltro in his Ducal Palace at Urbino, in which trompe-l'oeil shelving seems to carry books, papers, curios and mathematical instruments, in eye-deceiving perspective. A similar private study [2] made at Gubbio is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

See also

• marquetry
• mosaic
• niello
• damascening
• intarsia

External links

• Luigi Nebuloni's Personal Page Modern inlay painting
• Difference between Indian Classic Inlay and Italian Pietra Dura "Parchinkari"

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - indlægge
n. - indlæg, mosaik, mønster

Nederlands (Dutch)
vulling, inlegwerk, inleggen

Français (French)
v. tr. - incruster, marqueter, damasquiner
n. - incrustation, marqueterie, damasquinage, (Dent) inlay

Deutsch (German)
v. - einlegen
n. - Plombe, Einlegearbeit, Intarsie

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διακοσμώ με ένθεση
n. - ένθεση, ενθετική διακόσμηση, μαρκετερί

Italiano (Italian)
piombatura, intarsio

Português (Portuguese)
v. - marchetar, incrustar
n. - obra (f) de marchetaria, incrustação (f)

Русский (Russian)
делать мозаичную работу, инкрустации, делать инкрустацию, инкрустация, мозаика

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - embutir, incrustar, hacer mosaico
n. - empaste, taracea, incrustación, marquetería

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - lägga in (trä, mosaik e.d.)
n. - inlagt arbete, intarsia, (tand)fyllning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
嵌入, 插入, 镶嵌, 镶嵌物, 镶补, 镶嵌细工

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 嵌入, 插入, 鑲嵌
n. - 鑲嵌物, 鑲補, 鑲嵌細工

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 박아 넣다, 아로새기다, 상감하다
n. - 상감, 상감 세공, 충치의 봉박기

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - はめ込む, 象眼する, …にはめ込む
n. - 象眼, 象眼細工品, インレー

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يطعم, يرصع (الاسم) تطعيم, ترصيع, حشوة ضرس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שיבץ, קבע (קישוט), מילואה (משבצת לשיבוץ אבן טובה)‬
n. - ‮שיבוץ, קישוט, סתימה, מילוי (בשן), מילואה (משבצת לשיבוץ אבן טובה)‬

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