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marquetry::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | marqueterie |
| Type of | inlay |
Examples of marquetry
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After about 1620, marquetry tended to supplant intarsia in urbane cabinet work.
From the en.wikipedia.org
About 40 exhibits will include quilts, patchworks, woodturning, marquetry.
From the halesowennews.co.uk
A carved wooden throne features bamboo thread marquetry, gold paintings, and a jade inlay.
From the boston.com
A bookshelf in native timbers with decorative marquetry was made by islander Jason Butler.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Marquetry involves creating a design with wood veneers and applying it to another surface.
From the sfgate.com
This exquisite, marquetry-lined restaurant has been in business for more than a century.
From the guardian.co.uk
I have seen images that resemble a skilled attempt at marquetry in the paintwork of new cars.
From the newscientist.com
I have a hexagonal marquetry chessboard at home, which we always called the Titanic chessboard.
From the irishtimes.com
Some of my purse lids feature learned marquetry, an inlaid wood.
From the stltoday.com
- Inlaid veneers are fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture
- Marquetry is the art and craft of covering a structural carcass with pieces of veneer forming decorative patterns, designs or pictures. ...
- Elaborate veneered or inlaid designs in various coloured woods, sometimes including ivory, or metals such as silver; usually floral or natural in design; as opposed to parquetry which is based on geometric shapes.
- A form of decorative veneering in which exotic and contrasting woods were cut and fitted together like a jigsaw to form intricate patterns which were then applied as panels of veneer. ...
- Inlaid decorative detail on furniture and other surfaces using wood, metal, or other materials.
- An ornamental pattern on the surface of furniture or works of art, created by laying together shaped pieces of coloured veneers and/or slivers of ivory, tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl or metals.
- A patterned veneer formed from two or more contrasting veneers.
- An inlaid work of wood made from many different veneers. Used for decorative application.
- The process of using very thin pieces of wood and other materials (such as ivory and mother of pearl) to create a picture or pattern
