Marquetry is an age-old woodworking practice made popular by French king Louis XIV, it involves laying veneers like a puzzle to create an ornamental pattern. Today, multicoloured examples have ...

Marquetry as an artform predates ancient Egypt. Elaborate patterns and intricate designs are created through the insertion of small bits of wood, shell, ivory or other items into a veneer of wood, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Straw Marquetry specialist Lison de Caunes rehabilitates furniture and objects from the 17th century to the Art Deco period using this poetic practice… Since the 1970s Lison de Caunes has devoted ...

The late 20th century saw a revival of interest in marquetry, thanks in large part to the pioneering work of artists like Silas Kopf. Trained as an architect at Princeton University, Kopf brought a ...

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 ...