

Making of weapons - decoration
inlaying
INLAYING [inlaying] process of ornamenting a surface by setting into it material of different color or substance, usually in such a manner as to preserve a continuous plane. Inlay is employed in connection with a great variety of objects, both of major architectural character and of minor furnishing and decorative function, and makes use of a wide range of materials, such as wood, stone, ivory, glass, metal, mother-of-pearl, and tortoiseshell. The art is of ancient origin and has been continuously and widely employed. The use of the word inlay is now more generally restricted to the true process as applied to furniture and other objects of wood and as distinguished from parquetry and the veneered work of marquetry . For stone or glass inlays, see mosaic ; for metals, see niello and damascening ; and for special wood inlays, see intarsia.
Author not available, INLAYING., The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2006
smelted silver
- smelted silver
the making of silver plate
- the making of silver plate
silver wire
- the making of silver wire
groove for inlay
- the making of groove for inlay
the inlaying of the wires
- the inlaying of the wires
final inlay
- final inlay
making of engravings
making of engravings
- making of engravings