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n. An elaborate inlay of tortoiseshell, ivory, and metal, used especially in decorating furniture.

n. A particularly decorative piece of brass or other material, used as inlay in furniture or other works.

n. Decorative woodwork in which tortoise shell, yellow metal, white metal, etc., are inlaid, forming scrolls, cartouches, etc.

n. A style of inlaid decoration in cabinet-work practised by Boule, a celebrated designer under Louis XIV.; also, the articles so decorated.

n. an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork

"The inlaid plates of brass and rosewood, called buhl work, which ornament our furniture, are, in some instances, formed by punching; but in this case, both the parts cut out, and those which remain, are in many cases employed."

buhlwork   

embellishment   

buhl and counter   

boule    boulework   

Abdul    Boole    Dzhambul    Istanbul    Jewel    Joule    Poole    Rahul    Raul    Yule   

four-drawer    half-guinea    parquetry    meerkat    overwound    wind-up    three-drawer    virtu    clock-case    pinchbeck