Marqueterie

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  marqueterie \mar"que*te*rie\, marquetry \mar"quet*ry\, n. [F.
     marqueterie, from marqueter to checker, inlay, fr. marque
     mark, sign; of German origin. See {Mark} a sign.]
     Inlaid work; work inlaid with pieces of wood, shells, ivory,
     veneer, and the like, of several colors, fitted together to
     form a design or picture that is then used to ornament


     furniture.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  marqueterie
       n : inlaid veneers are fitted together to form a design or
           picture that is then used to ornament furniture [syn: {marquetry}]