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Webster 1913 Edition

marquetry

mar′que-te-rie

mar′quet-ry

Noun.

[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Marquetry

M`ARQUETRY