For Inlay we have terms and definitions in 7 topics. The topics are Antiques, Art, Furniture, Glass, Interior Design, Pavement and Sculptural.

Inlay (Antiques)

A decorative treatment set into the surface of the wood that uses wood or other materials to form bands of color (string) pictorial images (marquetry) or geometric shapes (parquetry).

Inlay (Art)

To set material such as metal, stone, wood, tile, or ivory into a surface in order to create a design or picture.

Inlay (Furniture)

A design made in a surface by laying pieces of contrasting wood or other materials such as ivory and mother-of-pearl flush with the surrounding surface.

Inlay (Glass)

Any object embedded in the surface of a larger object. See also Marquetry.

Inlay (Interior Design)

To set one material into the surface of another creating a decorative pattern

Inlay (Pavement)

A form of reconstruction where new concrete is placed into an area of removed pavement; The removal may be an individual lane, all lanes between the shoulders or only partly through a slab, .

Inlay (Sculptural)

In woodworking, a technique in which small pieces of wood, often with varying grains and colours, are glued together to make a pattern.

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