Bandelwerk

Marquetry is the term used to describe a picture made up of individual pieces of veneer. These can be figurative pictures or ornamental ones, such as the bandelwerk from the Baroque period.

Marquetry is the term used to describe a picture made up of individual pieces of veneer. These can be figurative pictures or ornamental ones, such as the bandelwerk from the Baroque period.

The term "baroque" derives from the French "baroque" and literally means as much as crooked, irregular and strange, but also turgid or ridiculous.