marquetry

/'mɑ:kitri/ Cách viết khác : (marquetry) /'mɑ:kitri/

Thân thiện

A craftsman carefully assembles a floral marquetry panel for a cabinet door.

Definition

Noun: 1. A decorative technique: The art and craft of applying pieces of veneer (thin slices of wood, ivory, shell, or other materials) to a structure to form decorative patterns, designs, or pictures. The assembled pieces are fitted together like a jigsaw puzzle and then applied as a single sheet to ornament surfaces, most commonly on furniture. 2. A decorative product: The intricate, inlaid design or picture itself, created through this technique.

Usage

Marquetry is used as an uncountable noun to refer to the technique or craft in general. It can also be used to describe a specific piece of work. - The cabinet is renowned for its exquisite marquetry. - He specializes in the art of marquetry. - The tabletop features a beautiful floral marquetry.

Examples

• The antique desk was valued not for its wood but for the intricate marquetry depicting a hunting scene.
• Creating fine marquetry requires immense patience and skill with a veneer saw.
• The museum's collection includes several 18th-century pieces with exceptional marquetry.

Advanced Usage

• Marquetry is often contrasted with parquetry, which uses geometric shapes and is typically for floors. Marquetry is pictorial and used for decoration.
• The term can be used attributively (like an adjective) in phrases such as marquetry panel, marquetry work, or marquetry technique.

Variants and Related Words

• Marqueterie: An alternative, chiefly French, spelling.
• Inlay: A broader term for setting pieces of material into a surface to form a design. Marquetry is a specific type of inlay using veneers.
• Veneer: A thin decorative covering of fine wood applied to a coarser wood or other material; the primary material used in marquetry.
• Parquetry: (Related but distinct) Inlaid woodwork of a geometric pattern, used especially for floors.

Synonyms

• Inlay (specifically wood inlay)
• Intarsia (a similar technique, often using thicker wood pieces)
• Wood mosaic

Idioms and Phrases

There are no common idioms or phrasal verbs specifically for the word "marquetry."

Học thuật

Noun

1. inlaid veneers are fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture

Từ đồng nghĩa

• marqueterie