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  One hundred years of intarsio book cover      
       
    Title One Hundred Years of Intarsio
       
    Author Les Foley and Janet Stiff
       
    Publisher Shelley Group
       
       
       
    Date 1999
       
    ISBN -
       
         
This booklet is a transcript of the talk given by Les Foley at the Annual General Meeting of the Shelley Group in 1999. The booklet includes decorative techniques employed in the manufacture of Faience, Urbato, Pastello and Intarsio wares with the emphasis being on Intarsio. The booklet covers a theory of the origin of the name, first and second series, numbering, shapes, and patterns and is well illustrated.