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marquetry [mahr-ki-tree] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun, plural mar·que·tries. inlaid work of variously colored woods or other materials, especially in furniture. Liberaldictionary.com
Also mar·que·te·rie. Origin of marquetry 1555–65; Middle French marqueterie inlaid work, equivalent to marquet(er) to speckle, spot, inlay (literally, make marks Germanic; see mark1) + -erie -ery Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for marquetry Contemporary Examples of marquetry
The Daily Pic: Alison Elizabeth Taylor’s marquetry is about more than just its amazing craft.
Blake Gopnik
October 30, 2013
Historical Examples of marquetry
Emanuel Hopperton, of Leeds, made clocks with marquetry cases.
Arthur Hayden
In this specimen the marquetry is under fine artistic control.
Arthur Hayden
Augsburg and Nuremberg developed an industry and exported their marquetry.
Arthur Hayden
But concurrent with the age of marquetry and lacquer was the great walnut period.
Arthur Hayden
The escutcheon of the locks covers a portion of the marquetry.
Arthur Hayden
British Dictionary definitions for marquetry marquetry marqueterie noun plural -quetries or -queteries a pattern of inlaid veneers of wood, brass, ivory, etc, fitted together to form a picture or design, used chiefly as ornamentation in furnitureCompare parquetry Word Origin for marquetry C16: from Old French, from marqueter to inlay, from marque mark 1 Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for marquetry n.
1560s, from French marqueterie “inlaid work,” from marqueter “to checker” (14c.), frequentative of marquer, from marque (see marque).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
