Close in date to the kneehole desk is a small mantel clock on the chimney piece of the Green Drawing Room, veneered with red tortoiseshell. |
Broad veneered surfaces, often in highly figured woods, displaced carving as the decorative focal point. |
The majority of furniture was veneered with mahogany, poplar or Karelian birch and had clear, easily recognized lines. |
My new desk appeared, or part of it did, in the form of a cut sheet of eight by four high quality beech veneered plywood. |
The Museum's two bonheurs-du-jour are veneered with tulipwood and trimmed with gilt bronze. |
At first glance the introduction of lapped dovetails for veneered furniture is curious because it entails more work for no perceptible advantage. |