Veneering and Inlaying - A Study of Materials, Principles and Processes #265138

Later on, when the use of glue became known, veneering made rapid progress and some of the best pieces of antique handed down to us bear mute evidence of artistic skill and patience in the employ ment of veneering and inlaying of wood, metal, and other materials for surface decoration. Some of the furniture known to us as Period furniture could not have been executed had not the old masters known the art of building up — ~gluing three or more layers of wood together in such a way that the grain in one layer always runs at right angles to that of the adjacent layer.