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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I do wish for a Dutch marqueterie chest of drawers with toilet glass attached, but he is £8!
From Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books by Horatia K. F. Eden
Contemporary with Boule's work, were the richly-mounted tables, having slabs of Egyptian porphyry, or Florentine marble mosaic; and marqueterie cabinets, with beautiful mountings of ormolu, or gilt bronze.
From Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time by Frederick Litchfield
The marqueterie is attributed to Riesener, but, from its treatment being so different from that which he adopted as an almost invariable rule, it is more probably the work of David.
From Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time by Frederick Litchfield
He worked much in marqueterie, both in tortoiseshell and in brilliant coloured woods.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
Miss Marty's thoughts flew back at once to a corner cupboard in the parlour, inlaid with tulips in Dutch marqueterie, and containing the Major's priceless eggshell china.
From The Mayor of Troy by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
