Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In bookbinding, the neat insertion (with proper cutting, shaving, and pasting) of a leaf or print in a larger leaf, with intent to give the inlaid matter greater security and a wider margin.
- noun In printing, the insertion of the overlay made for an illustration between the sheets of the printing surface or between the plate and its support.
- noun The art of decorating articles, as arms, furniture, objects of art, etc., with pieces of wood, metal, marble, ivory, tortoise-shell, etc., disposed in patterns and let into the surface. See buhl, damascene work (under damascene), and marquetry.
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- verb Present participle of
inlay .
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Examples
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Her processes consisted in inlaying contrasting colors in the green clay; in relief work in a variety of shades of clay; and of "pâte-sur-pâte," or ship decoration, in landscape and other effects, ranging in color from dark-brown clays, through the reds, to yellow and white.
Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 1894
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This is termed inlaying, and is a very lofty department in the art of binding.
The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author John Hill Burton
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Tucson, Ariz., bicycle builder known for work such as inlaying mother-of-pearl into his frames, is working with prototype KVA tubing.
chicagotribune.com - 2009
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Tucson, Ariz., bicycle builder known for work such as inlaying mother-of-pearl into his frames, is working with prototype KVA tubing.
chicagotribune.com - 2009
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Work with enamel led him to experiment with glass; he installed a workshop at his country house, mastered glassblowing and developed a technique for inlaying glass in metal.
A Display of Lalique's Beauty Judy Fayard 2011
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Both works exploit the exciting creative properties of Corian, using inlaying and marquetry techniques, and a range of specially-developed vibrant colours, to create intricate line-drawings on an immense scale.
Michael Craig-Martin creates artwork installations in Corian 2008
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Many years ago, Marlin offered all sorts of grades with fancy wood and checkering, and engraving and inlaying.
A Mighty Mini Marlin 2008
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Realised by fabricator Rosskopf & Partners, this involved inlaying thin strips of Corian into the wood.
Michael Craig-Martin creates artwork installations in Corian 2008
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The Winchester Model 21, which is by no stretch of the imagination a fine gun, brings very serious money, and the engraved and inlaid versions command princely sums, even though the engraving and inlaying is done at a third-grade-art-class level.
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Italian and German armorers produced both subtly decorated but functional-seeming garnitures and extravagant show pieces, contrasting high and low relief, delicate incising, gilding, and inlaying, with smoothly modulated steel, originally blackened for drama, as we learn from the portraits.
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