inlay
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Gold and silver inlay work and green agate stones complete the garment.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
It features “a brass barrel and decorative lockplate, with an additional flourish of silver-wire inlay in a shell pattern.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
She’s offset the building’s cement with a childhood baby grand piano and her grandmother’s lacquer vanity with pearl inlay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
Mostly, the team found pieces of broken pottery, but the excitement at camp was palpable when they unearthed a human skull with jade inlay in the teeth, she recalled.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
They even have really nice inlay steps for your feet, so you don’t slip.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
The palazzo is filled with ornate wall coverings and moldings, rococo furniture and artworks, and marble floors with intricately detailed inlays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
It is made of hand-carved Belgian black marble with brass letter inlays, to match the previous ledger stone.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2022
The image shows the hand-carved Belgian black marble slab with brass letter inlays set into the floor of King George VI Memorial Chapel, St. George’s Chapel, at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2022
Ophthalmologists might offer surgical procedures to fix presbyopia, such as corneal inlays, LASIK, photorefractive keratectomy and lens implants.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 17, 2022
The balustrades are dark wood, and the twisted inlays remind me of crooked fingers, beckoning.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
The doorknob-size piece, inlaid with carnelian, agate and lapis lazuli flowers reminiscent of the Taj, exemplifies how even the smallest functional item would be meticulously crafted and decorated in a consistent style in Mughal workshops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Bars and rings trade at a premium to the world price at gold and jewellery shops across the country, where bullion emblazoned with dragons is sold alongside ornate goldware inlaid with pearls and rubies.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
A small thing of beauty, inlaid with a delicate mosaic.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2024
Blackwell also began exploring the art of marquetry, creating works that often feature inlaid patterns of trees, mushrooms and geometric shapes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024
Medieval chain mail hung next to ornate layered samurai outfits and richly inlaid steel-plate suits.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
Hardiman writes that Joyce was a “tractable and ingenious” craftsman who quickly became adept in soldering, casting, inlaying and many other skills required of a medieval jeweler.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 11, 2024
Ponce said he starts with photos of players taken from Twitter or Google searches before inlaying his own vivid designs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2021
Weaving, furniture inlaying, rug hooking, beer brewing, and scrimshaw are just some of the special exhibits guests can visit at the crafts center.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2014
Alongside, workmen were inlaying the turf with the seven great runways of a new airport.
From Time Magazine Archive
Considerable doubts exist as to the inheritance by the Greek of the lower empire of the process of inlaying from the Romans, and to their originality in adapting the process to their architecture.
From An Architect's Note-Book in Spain principally illustrating the domestic architecture of that country. by Matthew Digby Wyatt
