- marquetries
- mar·que·try || 'mÉ‘rkɪtrɪ /'mÉ‘Ëkɪtrɪ n. inlaid work of wood or other materials, inlays of colored wood (especially in furniture)
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Cressent, Charles — born Dec. 16, 1685, Amiens, Fr. died Jan. 10, 1768, Paris French cabinetmaker. He also studied sculpture and became an accomplished metalworker. In 1710 he went to Paris, where he worked in the studio of the cabinetmaker André Charles Boulle. In… … Universalium
marquetry — /mahr ki tree/, n., pl. marquetries. inlaid work of variously colored woods or other materials, esp. in furniture. Also, marqueterie /mahr ki tree/. [1555 65; < MF marqueterie inlaid work, equiv. to marquet(er) to speckle, spot, inlay (lit., make … Universalium
