Inlay vs. Marquetry

Inlayverb

To place pieces of a foreign material within another material to form a decorative design.

Inlayverb

(dentistry) To place an inlay in a tooth.

Inlaynoun

The material placed within a different material in the form of a decoration.

Inlaynoun

(dentistry) A filling for a tooth, made of ceramic or gold to fit the cavity and shape of tooth and cemented into place.

Inlaynoun

The piece of paper or the booklet inside the case of a CD or DVD

Inlayverb

To lay within; hence, to insert, as pieces of pearl, ivory, mother-of-pearl, choice woods, or the like, in a groundwork of some other material; to form an ornamental surface; to diversify or adorn with insertions.

Inlaynoun

Matter or pieces of wood, ivory, etc., inlaid, or prepared for inlaying; that which is inserted or inlaid for ornament or variety; as, ornamented with ivory inlay.

Inlaynoun

(dentistry) a filling consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place

Inlaynoun

a decoration made by fitting pieces of wood into prepared slots in a surface

Inlayverb

decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal

Inlay

Inlay covers a range of techniques in sculpture and the decorative arts for inserting pieces of contrasting, often coloured materials into depressions in a base object to form ornament or pictures that normally are flush with the matrix. A great range of materials have been used both for the base or matrix and for the inlays inserted into it.

Marquetrynoun

A decorative technique in which veneers of wood, ivory, metal etc. are inlaid into a wood surface to form intricate designs.

Marquetrynoun

(countable) An example of this work

Marquetrynoun

inlaid veneers are fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture

Marquetrynoun

inlaid work made from small pieces of coloured wood or other materials, used for the decoration of furniture

Marquetry

Marquetry (also spelled as marqueterie; from the French marqueter, to variegate) is the art and craft of applying pieces of veneer to a structure to form decorative patterns, designs or pictures. The technique may be applied to case furniture or even seat furniture, to decorative small objects with smooth, veneerable surfaces or to freestanding pictorial panels appreciated in their own right.