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marqueterie

marqueterie is the alternative form of marquetry.

Meaning of marquetry

Noun

marquetry (countable and uncountable, plural marquetries)

  1. (uncountable) A decorative technique in which veneers of wood, ivory, metal etc. are inlaid into a wooden surface to form intricate designs.
    • strawen marquetry
  2. (countable) An example of this work.
    • Unkind people asserted that everything in his apartment was for sale and that after he had invited wealthy Americans for an excellent lunch, with vintage wines, one or two of his valuable drawings would disappear, or a marquetry commode would be replaced by one in lacquer.1944, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter 1, in The Razor’s Edge […], 1st American edition, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Co., →OCLC, section ii, page 5

Forms of marqueterie

pluralmarqueteries

Questions about marqueterie

What is marqueterie the alternative form of?
Marqueterie is the alternative form of marquetry.

Words near marqueterie in the dictionary

  1. marquess
  2. marquessate
  3. marquessates
  4. marquesses
  5. marqueter
  6. marqueterie
  7. marqueteries
  8. marqueters
  9. marquetery
  10. marqueteur
  11. marqueteurs

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