Definition of Marqueterie

1. Noun. Inlaid veneers are fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture.

Exact synonyms: Marquetry
Generic synonyms: Inlay

Definition of Marqueterie

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Marqueterie

maroquins
maror
marors
marouflage
marplot
marplots
marproof
marque
marquee
marquees
marques
marquess
marquessate
marquessates
marquesses
marqueterie (current term)
marqueteries
marquetries
marquetry
marquis
marquisate
marquisates
marquisdom
marquisdoms
marquise
marquises
marquisette
marquisettes
marquisship
marra

Literary usage of Marqueterie

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Antique Furniture by Frederick William Burgess (1915)
"CHAPTER XX DECORATIVE marqueterie Intarsia—marqueterie—Italian work—Dutch and German—French influence—English inlays and veneers. THE practice of enriching ..."

2. How to Collect Old Furniture by Frederick Litchfield (1904)
"... William Chambers and Thomas Chippendale— Difference between French and Dutch designs and manufacture —Peculiarities of Dutch marqueterie—Descriptions of ..."

3. How to Collect Old Furniture by Frederick Litchfield (1904)
"... William Chambers and Thomas Chippendale— Difference between French and Dutch designs and manufacture —Peculiarities of Dutch marqueterie—Descriptions of ..."

4. Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry: From the Year by Mary Berry (1865)
"We went also to see, in the cellar of a merchant, a very beautiful mosaic in black and white, without figures, but like marqueterie, very well done. ..."

5. The Pleasures of Collecting by Gardner Callahan Teall (1920)
"CHAPTER XXI STRAW marqueterie ON traveling to the Adriatic coast some years ago, I stopped for several days in a little Italian town not far from Ancona. ..."

6. Illustrated History of Furniture: From the Earliest to the Present Time by Frederick Litchfield (1899)
"The marqueterie is attributed to Riesener, but from its treatment being so different from that which, as an almost invariable rule, he adopted, ..."

7. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"... colour is decorated by inlaying with others of different colours: to this kind of | inlaying the French term marqueterie is now gene- | rally applied. ..."

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