Skip to main content

Subjects (SH) Terminology Resource (Getty Research Institute)

Search from vocabulary

Concept information

Inlay > Intarsia > Relief intarsia

Preferred term

Relief intarsia  

Definition

  • A combination of surface inlay and relief carving in wood, developed in Bohemia (especially in Eger) and popular 1630-1730; used for furniture, lids for game boxes and caskets, and altar panels; exported all over Europe

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • INLAY, RELIEF
  • INLAY, WOOD, RELIEF INTARSIA
  • INTARSIA, RELIEF
  • RELIEF INLAY
  • Wood inlay, relief intarsia

Notation

  • 113147

In other languages

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-P57RKFQ9-R

Download this concept: