Look at the quality of the work from the 1400s. 
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Have you ever been to Duke Fred’s palace in Urbino Italy. The intarsia there is amazing. Gubio too. I saw it when it was still on the walls of a small study. Later panels were made for display, but originally the. Whole room was covered with photograph-like inlaid wood.
Here’s just one,
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