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Stuart king using a marquetry cutters donkey to produce components for his then range of miniature Windsor chairs c1982 (42)
Decorated casket recovered from the royal graves at Ur in Mesopotamia c.2600 BC Br Mus.(1)
Egyptian inlaid chair C1000 BC. British museum (2)
Detail of early English inlay C1630 (4)
Detail of early English inlay C1630 (3)
English oak panelled chair c1690
Christ being put on the cross, one of a series of marquetry pictures depicting Christ’s passion in Sorrento Cathedral (44)
Nineteenth century marquetry panels above the alter in Sorrento Cathedral (43)
Hunting scenes were a popular subject for large German marquetry panels (34)
Boulle work French 18th draw being restored
Pictorial marquetry of superb quality Museum of Intarsia Sorrento 19th century (45)
Sawing veneer in the mid 18th century (13)
A marquetry horse c1774 (6)
English Marquetry or Boulle saw (7)
Marquetry cutters donkey (8)
Marquetry cutters donkey in use (9)
Andrew Oliver useing a marquetry cutters donkey c1965 (10)
Andrew Oliver laying out marquetry componants c1965 (11)
Seaweed marquetry in walnut and Holly. (12)
A classical 18th century Adam brothers inspired design in marquetry (21)
Work of French craftsman Charles Spindler (1865-1938) (30)
Small marquetry lidded box by Frenchman Charles Spindler (1865-1938) (31)
Modern day marquetry cutter in Sorrento 2006 (49)
Coin cabinet by Francesco Grandi signed and dated 1892. in ebony and engraved ivory; Museum of Intarsia, Sorrento (48)
Writing desk by Giuseppe Gargiulo signed 1880 displaying a variety of inlay and marquetry Museum of Intarsia, Sorrento (46)
Table C1890 using ivory, ebony, and other natural veneers, the ivory is engraved Museum of Intarsia, Sorrento (47)
Peasants dance in the marquetry centre of this oval Italian Sorrento ware dish C1910 (32)
Modern Sorrento marquetry unused (33)
Part of a sample card showing a selection of bandings produced by Richard Graefe ltd c1900 (25)