By the term bandelwerk we mean bands inlaid in marquetry technique in maple, poplar, plum or boxwood. The bands are narrow and symmetrically curved.
We usually find marquetry on antiques from the Baroque period. It divides the surfaces and gives the antique furniture symmetry and order.
Inlay is the term we use to describe work in which, unlike marquetry, material is taken out of a solid piece of wood. Then the inlays are inserted.
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.
