inlay

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Detail of Glass Inlay from the Hall of the Ambassadors   LXXII.

From An Architect's Note-Book in Spain principally illustrating the domestic architecture of that country. by Wyatt, Matthew Digby

Inlay, in-lā′, v.t. to ornament by laying in or inserting pieces of metal, ivory, &c.—pa.p.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Inlay lends itself most invitingly to Counterchange in design, as seen in the stole at A, Illustration 62.

From Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery by Buckle, Mary

Inlay and marquetry came to be generously used, but there had been many cabinets of Dutch marquetry brought to England even before the time of William and Mary.

From Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today by Throop, Lucy Abbot

A step beyond the process of onlaying is Inlay, where one material is not laid on to the other, but into it, both being perhaps backed by a common material.

From Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery by Buckle, Mary