Certosina

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.

References

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

See also

• Decorative art
• Italian Renaissance
• marquetry
• intarsia
• pietre dure