Description

The aim of this book is to set forth the facts, both historical and technical, relating to the origin and contemporary production of veneers and of plywood. It is suitable for students and teachers, as well as the interested reader. The chapters of this book include: 'Evidence of the Use of Veneer in Earliest Civilisation', 'Disappearance of the Art of Veneering in the Middle Ages', 'Forms of Veneering in the Renaissance', 'Popularity of Marquetry and Other Forms of Veneering in Later French Furniture', 'Veneering in the Jacobean Period', 'General Use of Walnut Veneering in the Anglo-French or Queen Anne Period', and many more. We are proud to republish this antiquarian book here complete with a new introduction on decorative woodwork.