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Straw marquetry is a craft very similar to that of wood marquetry except that straw replaces the wood veneer. It is thought to have first been practised in the east; examples were brought to England in the 17th century. There are accounts of nuns in France and Switzerland making a variety of items using straw marquetry. The most famous straw marquetry was practised by prisoners of war from the...
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Straw marquetry

Straw marquetry is a craft very similar to that of wood marquetry except that straw replaces the wood veneer. It is thought to have first been practised in the east; examples were brought to England in the 17th century. There are accounts of nuns in France and Switzerland making a variety of items using straw marquetry. The most famous straw marquetry was practised by prisoners of war from the...
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Marquetry

Marquetry is the craft of forming a decorative panel of veneers composed of shaped sections of wood veneer (sometimes including bone or ivory, turtle-shell (conventionally called "tortoiseshell"), mother-of-pearl or pewter , brass and fine metals) and applying it to a structural carcass . Marquetry using colored straw was a specialty of some European spa resorts from the...
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Woodworking

...of utilizing many woodworking skills to create cabinets, shelving and furniture; a craftsman who specializes in the making of fine furniture. Implies a very high level of skill in woodworking. marquetry and parquetry – The practice of creating patterns by inlaying different wood veneers; with different colours and different grains complex patterns are formed. Originally used to decorate...
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Handicraft

... - collage in three dimensions beadwork bonecarving collage possibly involving seeds, fabric, paper, photographs and/or found objects cooking gardening knitting marquetry metalwork modeling mosaic needlework pottery and ceramics pressed flower craft - uses real flowers and leaves sewing spinning puppetry stained glass...
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Arts and crafts

... Tatting Weaving Crafts involving wood , metal or clay Metalworking Jewelery Pottery Sculpture Woodworking Cabinet making Chip carving Marquetry Wood burning Wood turning Crafts involving paper or canvas Bookbinding Calligraphy Cardmaking Collage Decoupage Marbling Origami Papier-mâché Pergamano...
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Straw

...winter as well as to use them as a trap for parasite insects. It is also used in ponds to 'soak up' algae . The soil under strawberries is covered with straw to protect the ripe berries from dirt. Straw also makes an excellent mulch . Decoration Corn dollies Straw marquetry Harvest crosses Wikimedia Commons has more media related to: {{{2|Straw}}}
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Sympson the Joiner

...construction, a refined version of the techniques that were also used to frame up doors and for the panelling of rooms. A "cabinet-maker" built furniture with flush surfaces suitable for veneers or marquetry , assembled using dovetails. In the 1660s the two trades were still distinct, and separate from the "upholder's" (upholsterer's) craft. Pepys wrote on 17 August 1667 So took up my wife...
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Grotesque

...form of arabesques with interlaced garlands and strange animal figures which were fashionable in ancient Rome (as wall decoration, mosaics, etc.) and in Renaissance art as wall decoration, in marquetry (fine woodwork), in book illustration and in other decorative uses. It should not be confused with the decorative form of strapwork (the portrayal of leather straps in plaster or wood moldings...
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Cimmerian Bosporus

... objects now mostly preserved in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg . They comprise especially gold work, vases exported from Athens, coarse terracottas, textile fragments and specimens of carpentry and marquetry. Bosporan phial (top view), 4th century BC. Contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Site 2 Greek colonies 3 Kings of Cimmerian Bosporus 4 Byzantine Cimmerian Bosporus...
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