A marquetry odyssey : historical objects and personal work
"Renowned for over thirty years as a master of marquetry, the art and craft of creating "pictures in wood," Silas Kopf takes us on a fascinating journey into its history and recounts his personal evolution as a craftsman." "He offers us an accessible and thorough account of the practice of marquetry, ranging from ancient Egypt to the present. He lingers over the extraordinary objects produced during the Italian Renaissance and by the great French cabinetmakers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Examples of marquetry from Germany, England, Holland, Austria, and America are examined in depth." "Extensively illustrated with historical examples as well as Kopf's own work, and accompanied by numerous appendices on technique, this book will appeal to cabinetmakers, collectors, historians, and lovers of fine craftsmanship."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©2008
Hudson Hills Press : Distributed in the United States by National Book Network, Manchester, Vt., ©2008
xv, 220 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm
9781555952877, 1555952879
191318126
Émile Gallé
Louis Majorelle
Middle ages
Islamic influence
Italian intarsia
Antonio Barili
Giuliano and Benedetto da Maiano
Fra Giovanni da Verona
Fra Damiano da Bergamo
The spread of intarsia and the birth of marquetry
Ancient Egypt
Greece and Rome
France
Pierre Golle
André-Charles Boulle
Charles Spindler
Jean-François Oeben
Jean-Henri Riesener
David Roentgen
English & Dutch marquetry
Art deco
Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann
Süe et Mare
England
Germany and Austria
American marquetry
Appendix 1 : Wood in marquetry
Appendix 2 : Parquetry
Appendix 3 : Banding (Tarsia a toppo)
Appendix 4 : Boulle work
Appendix 5 : Piece by piece
Appendix 6 : Sand shaping
Appendix 7 : Bevel cutting