单词 | marqueterie |
例句 | An old French marqueterie cabinet full of books stand in a recess vis-à-vis to a handsomely inlaid writing bureau with a silver basket of hothouse flowers on it. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z All this time she is opening a very pretty marqueterie writing-desk, on spiral legs, which Longcluse has been listlessly admiring, little thinking what it contains. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Mahogany and satinwood were the woods most frequently employed, and they were occasionally inlaid with marqueterie or edged with boxwood. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" The choicer examples of the time are inlaid with marqueterie, edged with exotic woods, set in gilded bronze, or enriched with panels of Oriental lacquer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" The fine perfume of pastilles lingered in the air and the flame from the open fire was reflected in the glass drops of the chandelier and the smooth marqueterie of the floor. Gertrude's Marriage It has been panelled and carved, supported on Renaissance pillars, inlaid with marqueterie or mounted in gilded bronze. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" He is said to have been the first who brought intarsia into France, under the name of "marqueterie," having been for some time in the Netherlands. Intarsia and Marquetry Esperance hurried down, and in the dining-room, a marvel of marqueterie and mosaic, was a young man. The Son of Monte-Cristo Mahogany, rosewood, satinwood and even choicer exotic timbers were used; they were often inlaid with marqueterie and mounted with chased and gilded bronze. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" And then they were ushered into a drawing-room of Parisian elegance; buhl cabinets, marqueterie tables, hangings of the choicest damask suspended from burnished cornices of old carving. Henrietta Temple A Love Story He worked much in marqueterie, both in tortoiseshell and in brilliant coloured woods. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Under him the later German marqueterie reached its highest point. Intarsia and Marquetry Miss Marty's thoughts flew back at once to a corner cupboard in the parlour, inlaid with tulips in Dutch marqueterie, and containing the Major's priceless eggshell china. The Mayor of Troy Not a soul was there, unless some one hid and spied behind a carved and gilded Tunisian bed or a marqueterie screen from Bagdad. The Golden Silence Here we see Arabesque ceilings, marqueterie woodwork, stucco panelling, and the elegant horse-shoe arches. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond White polish for white wood and marqueterie work should be made with bleached shellac instead of the above. French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction I do wish for a Dutch marqueterie chest of drawers with toilet glass attached, but he is £8! Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books Homer, Virgil, Horace, Cicero, have been taken from their shelf and shut up in a case of grand marqueterie work, an asylum worthier of them than of me. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) My elbows are growing quite painful, from the length of time during which they have been digging into the hard marqueterie table, and my hair is as wild as a red Indian's. Nancy Later, this marqueterie became florid, badly finished, and the colouring of the veneers crude and gaudy. Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time I have such a rug for J-! a mosaic of skins as fine as marqueterie, done by Damara women, and really beautiful; and a sheep-skin blanket for you, the essence of warmth and softness. Letters from the Cape I got two charming Dutch marqueterie chairs for my drawing-room for 35/- each. Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books A purple inkstand of Sèvre, and a highly-tooled morocco portfolio of the same colour, reposed on a marqueterie table, and that was all. Vivian Grey As he took his latch-key out of the lock, and turned up the electric light, he saw two handsome marqueterie chairs standing in the hall. Sir George Tressady — Volume II Contemporary with Boule's work, were the richly-mounted tables, having slabs of Egyptian porphyry, or Florentine marble mosaic; and marqueterie cabinets, with beautiful mountings of ormolu, or gilt bronze. Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time This faded rubbish in buhl and marqueterie was useful enough to Mr. Lovel, however; and on his canvas the faded furniture glowed and sparkled with all its original brightness, fresh as the still-life of Meissonier. The Lovels of Arden They are possessions as real as ... marqueterie chairs! Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books I am most charmingly lodged here, the walls of my room are all marqueterie and they have put sofa and bed, &c., as the Chamberlain told me "like it is done at Windsor." Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N. — a Memoir There was a marqueterie bazar, where one found many lovely things inlaid with choice woods, mother-o'-pearl, and steel. The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II His method was generally to make the centre panel of a commode front, or the frieze of a table, a tour de force, the marqueterie picture being wonderfully delicate. Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time The excessive dryness forced out some of the inlaid marqueterie of these pieces, and upon their return to Europe they had to undergo a long and expensive course of treatment. The Days Before Yesterday This was a very pretty marqueterie cabinet; it stood against the wall, and Rosa had set her heart upon it. A Simpleton I was at the moment grilling some bacon before the fire in the board-room, my plate laid on the corner of a marqueterie table, with a newspaper underneath to preserve it. The Nabob Sheraton trusted almost entirely for decoration to his marqueterie. Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time He worked, however, chiefly in conjunction with Riesener and David Roentgen for the decoration of their marqueterie. Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time The name of "Blake," too, is one that will be remembered by some of our older readers who were interested in marqueterie furniture of forty years ago. Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time Within the last ten or fifteen years the reproductions of what is termed "Chippendale," and also Adam and Sheraton designs in marqueterie furniture, have been manufactured to an enormous extent. Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time The importation of scarce foreign woods in small quantities gave an impetus to this description of work, which in the marqueterie of Italy, France, Holland, Germany, and Spain, had already made great progress. Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time Perhaps it is allowable to add here that marquetry, or marqueterie, its French equivalent, is the more modern survival of "Tarsia" work to which allusion has been made in previous chapters. Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time The marqueterie is attributed to Riesener, but, from its treatment being so different from that which he adopted as an almost invariable rule, it is more probably the work of David. Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time |
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