Certosina

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Certosina is a decorative art technique used widely in the Italian Renaissance period. Similar to marquetry, it uses small pieces of wood, bone, metal, or mother-of-pearl to create inlaid geometric patterns on wood. The term comes from Certosa Church in Pavia, where the technique was used in ornamenting an altarpiece.

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[edit] References

• Certosina - Rijksmuseum Amsterdam - National Museum for Art and History. Retrieved on 2007 August 29.

[edit] See also

• Decorative art
• Italian Renaissance
• Marquetry
• Intarsia
• Pietre dure