Alison Elizabeth Taylor has been celebrated for reinvigorating the Renaissance art of marquetry, or wood inlay, a medium that reached the height of creative expression in Europe during the decadent ...

A variety of woods are used to make marquetry, from seventy to eighty species, with a variety of colors, and sometimes camel bone, seashells, copper, brass, silver, gold, and ivory are incorporated to ...

Featuring pieces by 22 artists from 6 countries, a new exhibit of outstanding work in marquetry wowed an opening reception crowd at the Messler Gallery of the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in ...

When I'm out shopping for a special piece of furniture for a project, I always keep my eyes open for marquetry furniture. Marquetry is the art of applied veneer, usually wood, in a pattern or picture.

Furniture can be decorated in many ways, such as carving, gilding, lacquering and inlay. With regards to inlay, there are two terms that crop up regularly - parquetry and marquetry. Both terms hark ...

OF ALL THE ARTISTIC techniques used by designers and cabinetmakers over the centuries, marquetry would seem the least likely to enjoy a 21st-century resurgence. It takes forever. It's prohibitively ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Apologies if I was a little random: I had just been looking at a large – and expensive – marquetry panel that had ...