Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Inlay Technique of Marquetry
During the 1700s, French furniture makers perfected the art of "painting in wood," creating complex designs using natural and dyed veneers selected for color and grain. In this video [2:34] watch marquetry being made. Created by Getty...
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: Paris: Life and Luxury: French Mechanical Table
Highly decorative and cleverly designed table, which mechanically transforms into a desk at the turn of a key, epitomizes the richness of eighteenth-century French style before the French Revolution. [2:39]