Marquetry is an age-old woodworking practice made popular by French king Louis XIV, it involves laying veneers like a puzzle to create an ornamental pattern. Today, multicoloured examples have ...

William Tunberg sits across from his wife, Camille, at a glass coffee table. The modern piece of furniture presents a stark contrast to the other effects around the house: Brightly hued trinket wooden ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Marquetry is making a comeback. Ornate, detailed and visibly handcrafted, the art of creating designs and images by ...

Spanish designer Jaime Hayon explains how traditional marquetry techniques informed his Stone Age Folk pavilion in this movie Dezeen filmed for Caesarstone during Milan design week. Caesarstone's ...

John Sedgwick’s intricately carved three foot wide scale grand piano is his pride and joy. It’s an extraordinary marquetry showpiece painstakingly crafted for 3,000 hours over three years with ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Apologies if I was a little random: I had just been looking at a large – and expensive – marquetry panel that had ...

Lee said he wanted to create something more ambitious, like a mosaic, using the stalks. After experimenting for several years, he became the first to develop “mackan” art or barley stalk marquetry, ...

Marquetry, meaning inlaid work in French, is one of Hermès' signature artisanal techniques. A new model of the Arceau watch features this traditional craft. How are the intricate patterns, ...