When I'm out shopping for a special piece of furniture for a project, I always keep my eyes open for marquetry furniture. Marquetry is the art of applied veneer, usually wood, in a pattern or picture.

Today, the 67-year-old Maître d’Art regularly collaborates with contemporary designers and decorators like Peter Marino, Frank de Biasi, Ernest de la Torre, Maria Pergay, Jacques Grange, Hubert le ...

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, ...

Hermès gets cheeky with horsehair, Patek Philippe and Chopard turn to traditional materials, and Ulysse Nardin uses silicon as an artistic medium Visitors to Patek Philippe’s salon on Geneva’s ...