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Large jewelry Boxes For Women: Exquisite Marquetry Art
If you enjoy collecting jewelry and trinkets as a hobby, large jewelry boxes for women might be the best way in which to organize your jewelry collection. Boxes made of other materials cannot come anywhere close to the aesthetic appeal of a exquisitely handcarved wooden jewelry box.
One of the favored embellishments on wooden boxes is marquetry work - an art work that creates evocative pictures and patterns by interweaving thin slices of different types of veneer. It could be any design you want: nature, wildlife, etc. In some cases, ivory and shell are weaved together with the veneer to create absolutely beautiful designs.
Marquetry uses all kinds of different curly wood, spalted, burl wood, and veneer . Veneer is usually cut out of oak, cherry, birch, maple, and even rosewood and bubinga. The popular types are bird's eye and fiddleback. Veneers are usually very thin, less than 1/8" thick and marquetry is the art of gluing together several veneer pieces to core panels making sure they match perfectly.
The cheapest of all veneers is plywood as very little or even no wood is wasted in the manufacturing process. Marquetry can only be described as a type of wood 'inlay' as it interweaves different pieces of wood to form an exquisite design. But actual inlay work involves chiseling out small portions of the wood and filling it with some other material like bronze, brass, silver, or even marble, to form images.
It is understood that the art of marquetry can be traced back to a few thousands of years even as far back as 350 BC to ancient Egypt. Caskes with wooden inlay work are depicted in Egyptian hieroglyphics that only go to show that marquetry has been around for a very long time. In Northern italy's cathedrals, there is significant evidence of marquetry in the 14th century. Soon there were several schools teaching marquetry in France, Holland, and Germany and from there slowly extended to the Americas.
A good marquetarian, using several small slices of veneer of different wood, can produce a remarkable design that matches perfectly. When you buy a big jewelry box, you need to not only consider the sections and number of drawers it should have, you also need to find a place for it and make sure it goes with your decor.
What you need is not only a jewelry box that helps you organize your jewelry in a single place but also one that can enhance your room's decor with its intricate beauty. To achieve this, a finely crafted wooden jewelry box with marquetry is the best choice.
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