marquetry
noun
inlaid work of variously colored woods or other materials, especially in furniture.
marqueterie
-
a variation of
marquetry.
Example Sentences
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White polish for white wood and marqueterie work should be made with bleached shellac instead of the above.
From French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction by Richard Bitmead
Under him the later German marqueterie reached its highest point.
From Intarsia and Marquetry by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
He is said to have been the first who brought intarsia into France, under the name of "marqueterie," having been for some time in the Netherlands.
From Intarsia and Marquetry by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
Mahogany, rosewood, satinwood and even choicer exotic timbers were used; they were often inlaid with marqueterie and mounted with chased and gilded bronze.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
Stencilling, illuminating, painting, and marqueterie each had a brief turn, and were superseded by raffia-plaiting and poker-work.
From The Madcap of the School by Balliol Salmon
