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 ...

NEW YORK -- Marquetry furniture, with its decorated surfaces, was reserved for the high and mighty in Europe, from the Renaissance to the 18th century. But in the United States in the 19th century, ...

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, ...

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.

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 ...

William Tunberg sits across from his wife, Camille, at a glass coffee table. The modern piece of furniture presents a stark contrast to the other effects around the house: Brightly hued trinket wooden ...

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 ...

Annabel is the editor of Vanity Fair on Jewellery, as well as the jewellery editor at Country & Town House magazine. If it's small, shiny, and precious, it's firmly on her radar. Annabel is the editor ...

Appraisal: Marquetry Coat Rack, ca. 1940, from Vintage Toronto. Check out Leigh Keno's appraisal of this marquetry coat rack, ca. 1940, in Vintage Toronto. Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided by ...