| LC control no. | sh 93004979 |
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| Topical heading | Incrustation (Stone carving) |
| Variant(s) | Florentine mosaic Hardstone inlay Inlay, Hardstone Intarsia, Stone Mosaic, Florentine Pietra dura Stone intarsia |
| See also | Mosaics Stone carving |
| Found in | Work cat.: 91060247: Giusti, A.M. Pietre dure : hardstone in furniture and decorations, 1992: p. 6, etc. (hardstone inlay; stone intarsia; commesso di pietre dure, Florentine mosaic) McGraw-Hill art (incrustation: technique of decor. in which a surface is inlaid with contrasting materials; true incrustation is restricted to the inlaying of stone with stone or stone-like materials) Random House. Splendori di pietre dure, l'arte di corte nella Firenze dei Granduchi, c1988. AAT (Pietre dure, alt. pietra dura; inlaid work in which pieces of hard, polished stone are set into marble or another hard surface) Grove dict. of art, Dec. 18, 2000 (Pietra dura: italian 'hard stone': decorative form of mosaic made of hardstones and used on table tops, altar panels and so on; from the late 16th cent. the production of pietra dura was a speciality of the workshops set up in the Uffizi, Florence, by Grand Duke Ferdinando de' Medici; hence it is also known as Florentine mosaic) |
| Not found in | Dict. fine arts terms; Art index |
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