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marquetry Definition


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marquetry
noun marquetries
    1. The art or practice of making decorative arrangements or patterns out of pieces of different-coloured woods, ivory, etc, especially set into the surface of wooden furniture. Compare inlay.
    2. Work made in this way.
Etymology: 16c: French, from marqueter to inlay.



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