An object that is inlaid has a design on it which is made by putting materials such as wood, gold, or silver into the surface of the object. a box delicately inlaid with little triangles
An inlay is a design or pattern on an object which is made by putting materials such as wood, gold, or silver into the surface of the object. an inlay of medieval glass
A decorative technique used in furniture design Small holes are gouged out of the wooden carcass and materials inserted flush against the wood to make a pattern - you can use mother of pearl, ivory, metal and glass It can also be used on small objects The Italians often used semi precious stones for their inlays known as pietre dure Mother of pearl and tortoiseshell inlays were particularly popular during the Art Deco period
A design made in a surface by laying pieces of contrasting wood or other materials such as ivory and mother-of-pearl flush with the surrounding surface
{i} material inserted into a surface to form decorative designs; decorative design created by the insertion of different materials into a surface; type of filling for a tooth (Dentistry)
A cast gold, porcelain, or composite custom-made filling cemented into the tooth that is used to replace part of a tooth If it covers the tips of the teeth or otherwise supports the tips it is called an onlay
- the name of a type of lid for steins that have an insert, usually ceramic, porcelain, or glass, set into the pewter or silver flange of the lid; or inlay can be a decorative technique in which one material has been inlaid into another so as to help form the design, such as pewter inlaid wood; contrast with overlay
An inlay is a piece of material (often stone or glass) that is partially embedded in another material (usually metal) such that the two materials make a level surface
A decorative technique where a pattern is carved into the clay at the leather hard stage and contrastingly colored soft clay is forced into the decoration When the clay is a little drier the excess is scraped of to reveal the pattern
A gold, porcelain, or composite custom-made filling cemented into the tooth If it covers the tips of the teeth or otherwise supports the tips it is called an onlay
Making an image by setting thin pieces of a material precisely into a depressed ground Examples of materials typically inlaid are wood, metal, stone, shell, glass, ivory and tile
A restoration (usually is gold, composite or ceremics) fabricated in the lab cements on tooth like a missing puzzle It helps to restore the normal function and outlook of the tooth
A technique of decoration in which the object is incised with a design, a coloured clay is pressed into the incisions, and the piece is then scraped to confine the coloured inlay to the incisions
a decoration made by fitting pieces of wood into prepared slots in a surface (dentistry) a filling consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal
To lay within; hence, to insert, as pieces of pearl, ivory, choice woods, or the like, in a groundwork of some other material; to form an ornamental surface; to diversify or adorn with insertions
A furniture ornament of bone, mother-of-pearl, different coloured woods, etc , set into the surface of a piece of furniture as decorative banding, patterns and designs Much used on furniture of the later 18th century
A tooth filling that is bonded or cemented in place shaped to fit a cavity Inlays are typically made of porcelain, space-age composite materials, or gold
A strong, durable material made outside the mouth used to replace part of a tooth (can be metallic or tooth-colored) and is cemented or bonded once it is constructed Compare to a filling which is packed into the tooth See more about inlays An inlay is an indirect restoration