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Marquetry is the Craft of covering a structural carcass with Veneer forming decorative patterns, designs or pictures. The result may be furniture, decorated small objects or free-standing pictures. Parquetry is very similar in approach to Marquetry. In Parquetry the art in a piece is achieved with the use of repeating geometric shapes. This use of geometric as opposed to free form pieces distinguishes the craft of Parquetry from Marquetry. Marquetry differs from the more ancient craft of Inlay , in which a solid body of one material is cut out to receive sections of another. MATERIALS The veneer used is primarily wood, but may include bone, ivory, turtle-shell (conventionally called "tortoiseshell"), Mother-of-pearl , Pewter , Brass or fine metals. Marquetry using colored Straw was a specialty of some European The simplest kind of marquetry uses only two sheets of veneer, which are temporarily glued together and cut with a fine saw, producing two contrasting panels of identical design, (in French called ''partie'' and ''contre-partie'', "part" and "counterpart"). Simple geometric marquetry designs reminiscent of basketwork, tiling or trelliswork, are often called 'parquetry,' in reference to the similar patterning of parquet flooring. Marquetry as a modern craft is most commonly knife-cut: the knife used is therefore of paramount importance. Other requirements are a pattern of some kind, some cheap (i.e. not very sticky) clear sticky tape, PVA glue and a base-board. Finishing the piece will require sand-paper or wire wool, possibly with a sanding block. Either ordinary varnish or the techniques of French Polish can be used to seal the piece. HISTORY |
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