Few watch brands could pull off decorating a dial with a peacock using actual peacock feathers, mother-of-pearl or hardstone marquetry and diamonds, not just because it takes a certain level of ...

OF ALL THE ARTISTIC techniques used by designers and cabinetmakers over the centuries, marquetry would seem the least likely to enjoy a 21st-century resurgence. It takes forever. It's prohibitively ...

You can walk down the narrow alleys of Mysore and find rooms with 10-20 people making traditional wooden tables and designs. I found a very cute one near Hotel Prakash on M. K. Street. You can watch ...

Thousands of years ago, artisans devised ways to create objects decorated with exquisite inlays of wood, stone, metal, shell, ivory and other materials. They would carve out a recess and fill it with ...

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Marquetry as an artform predates ancient Egypt. Elaborate patterns and intricate designs are created through the insertion of small bits of wood, shell, ivory or other items into a veneer of wood, ...