单词 | tarkashi |
释义 | tarkashin. The Indian craft of inlaying wood with brass wire; the artefacts so produced. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying, etc., in wood > [noun] > types of inlaid work marquetry1563 tarsia1665 Tunbridge ware1773 stringing1812 parquetry1816 Reisner1833 parquetage1845 intarsiatura1863 tarkashi1878 parquet work1880 intarsia1894 Shibayama1928 seaweed-marquetry1935 1878 G. C. M. Birdwood Handbk. Brit. Indian Section (Paris Universal Exhibition) 79 In Mynpuri work,..we find..wood inlaid with brass wire in various geometrical..patterns... At Mynpuri,..it goes by the name of tarkashi, or ‘wire work’; a word which suggests the possible etymology of the word tarsia. 1910 E. R. Neave Mainpuri Gazetteer 73 Mainpuri has long been noted for its beautiful wood work inlaid with brass wire, known as tarkashi (lit. wire-drawing). The best dark shisham is the only wood employed... There are about twenty artisans in the town engaged in the trade. 1979 Inside-Outside (Bombay) June–July 51 That was 1963, which you could say was the year that tarkashi arrived—in its new incarnation. 1979 Inside-Outside (Bombay) June–July 54 The raw material of tarkashi used to be brass sheet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1878 |
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