What is "tarsia"

Tarsia \Tar"si*a\, Tarsiatura \Tar`si*a*tu"ra\, n. [It.] A kind of mosaic in woodwork, much employed in Italy in the fifteenth century and later, in which scrolls and arabesques, and sometimes architectural scenes, landscapes, fruits, flowers, and the like, were produced by inlaying pieces of wood of different colors and shades into panels usually of walnut wood.

n. intarsia.

Tarsia is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. The ancient town of Caprasia is thought to be the modern Tarsia.

Tarsia is a town in southwestern Italy. It may also refer to:

• Antonio Tarsia, 17th- and 18th-century Italian sculptor
• Antonio Tarsia (composer), 17th- and 18th-century Italian composer
• Joseph Tarsia, recording engineer
• 39564 Tarsia, an asteroid
• Tarsia (Bithynia), historical region in modern Turkey