
Certosina is adecorative art technique ofinlaying used widely in theItalian Renaissance period. Similar tomarquetry, it uses small pieces of wood, bone, ivory, metal, or mother-of-pearl to create inlaid geometric patterns on a wood base.[1] The term comes fromCarthusian monasteries (Certosa in Italian,Charterhouse in English),[2] probably theCertosa di Pavia, where the technique was used in ornamenting an altarpiece by theEmbriachi workshop.[3]
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