Teniers figure subject, parquetry and inlays of flowers round the sides, corner mounts, &c.
Inlays of coloured woods, arranged with some design, geometric, floral, or otherwise, are classed under this style.
Inlays of woods of the same colour are termed parquetry work in contradistinction to marquetry, which is in different colour.
It is noticeable that in the rare pieces that are inlaid in the Late Tudor and Early Jacobean period the inlay itself is a sixteenth of an inch thick, whereas in later inlays of more modern days the inlay is thinner and flimsier.
The room shown at the Victoria and Albert Museum from Sizergh Castle has inlays of holly and bog oak.
But the prevailing types of oak without the added inlays of other woods were rigidly adhered to in cabinet-makers' work for the farmhouse.
Anastasia, in which city are some inlays resembling those at Orvieto, and Perugia, where some inlays remain in the Collegio della Mercanzia, but remains of the period are few, as may be expected.
The inlays upon the long table are particularly fine, and except for a certain clumsiness almost recall the glories of the great period of Italian marquetry.
Nor must one forget the extraordinarily elaborate ivory inlays on the stocks of arquebuses.
It is made of ebony or veneered with that wood, and has inlays of brown cypress and of ivory.
The second panel has Skyros, St. Just, and Vedrasse for the main portion, laid out in small panels, and the surrounding inlays are in fancy coloured marbles.
The panel coming directly in front of this is composed of star-shaped pieces of St. Just with cosmatesque inlays round same composed of various fancy coloured marbles and borders in St. Just.
French influence disposed Robert Adam to the development of painted furniture with inlays of beautiful exotic woods, and many of his designs, especially for sideboards, are extremely attractive, mainly by reason of their austere simplicity.
Marquetry, inlays of ivory, and various other materials have always been extensively used, and sometimes with excellent effect.
For white inlays it is better to use Japanese paper than leather, as white leather, when pared very thin, will show the colours of the under leather through, and look dirty.
The edges of the larger inlays should be pared round carefully.
On vellum an effect, similar to that of inlayson leather, can be obtained by the use of stains.
When the pattern has been worked in blind, either through a paper pattern or directly on to the leather with the tools, and any inlays stuck on (see page 213), the cover should be well washed with clean water.
When the thin leather is dry the inlaysof the leaves and flowers, &c.
The cabinets are of elaborate architectural design with inlays of ebony and ivory or with veneers of black and white, the design counterchanging so that one cutting produced several repeats of the same pattern in one colour or the other.
Prince of Wales and King, books were bound with coloured inlaysby Andreas Lande.
Vellum inlays for Queen Elizabeth occur in their finest form on a presentation copy from Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury, of Hores Historiarvm, per Matthaevm Westmonasteriensem Collecti, etc.
The full coat-of-arms, with small inlays of red leather, is further coloured by hand, and is enclosed within a rectangular border.
In the centre is the royal coat, with supporters and crest; and the remainder of the boards, especially the corners, are ornamented with elaborate inlays of green and yellow leather, and richly stamped in gold.
This ornament consists of inlays or, as one might say, mosaics composed of a light red and of a black stone.
The only ornament in the interior was found over a doorway, and consisted of a chain moulding and inlays of red and black stone.
And with the broadening in the ideas of decoration, came the use of inlays of leather of harmonizing colors, and even of precious stones.
Among the Eastern curios there are some highly decorative examples, especially among the smaller table gongs, the stands of which were often enriched by decorative ornament with inlays and enamels.
The processes by which the beautiful bronze objects were moulded took time, and the incising and inlays could never be paid for in proper proportion to the labour expended on them.
The use of coloured building materials and of inlays and mosaics does not prevail to any great extent in Germany, though stained glass is often to be found and coloured wall decoration occasionally.
The inlays were probably derived from a late Gallo-Roman source.
So were the pulpits of the cathedrals of Sessa, Ravello, Salerno and Troja, the rich mosaic inlays at Sessa, Ravello and Salerno according in design with the Cosmati work in Rome, though they possibly had an earlier origin in Sicily.
Hawksworth realized that each niche was decorated around its top and sides with inlays of semi-precious stones set into the marble.
Its workmanship was fine art, with ivory inlays along both sides of the body and a neck carved as the head of a swan.
And at the top you see more inlays of precious stone.
The King was certainly fond of his books, and he had several of them beautifully bound in velvet and embroidered with pearls and inlays of coloured silks and satins, finished with gold thread.
Inlays the broider'd weft with flowery dyes, 70 Quick beat the reeds, the pedals fall and rise; Slow from the beam the lengths of warp unwind, And dance and nod the massy weights behind.
In making inlays the colored linoleum materials were formed into patterns by one of several hand or machine processes.
This was embellished with low relief carving, narrow moldings, inlaysof exceptional delicacy and beauty, and painted decoration.
When the ancient European civilization gave way to the Dark Ages, the art of veneering was temporarily lost, only to be revived in the form of inlays during the Renaissance.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "inlays" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
