Marquetry
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Marquetry is the art and craft of applying pieces of veneer to a structure to form decorative patterns or designs. The technique may be applied to case furniture or even seat furniture, to decorative
Château de Versailles, appartements de la Dauphine, cabinet intérieur, secrétaire à pente, Bernard II van Riesenbergh
Casket, early 18th century, attributed to André-Charles Boulle, oak carcass veneered with tortoiseshell, gilt copper, pewter and ebony, in the Art Institute of Chicago
An example of sand-shading and shellac-inking; subject copied from a Moronobu print
Modern marquetry: a tangram table by Silas Kopf, with trompe-l'œil images of paper and brush made entirely of different shades of flat veneer
Wood veneer
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Veneer is a thin slice of wood or sometimes bark that typically is glued onto a core panel to produce flat panels such as doors, tops and panels for cabinets, parquet floors and parts of furniture. Th
Marquetry
…Marquetry (also spelled as marqueterie; from the French marqueter, to variegate) is the art and craft of applying pieces of veneer to a structure to form decorative patterns or designs. The technique may be applied to case furniture or even seat furniture, to decorative small objects…
Book matched strips of veneer prior to application to a base surface
A continuous sheet of veneer coming out of a peeling rotary lathe