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NEW YORK -- Marquetry furniture, with its decorated surfaces, was reserved for the high and mighty in Europe, from the Renaissance to the 18th century. But in the United States in the 19th century, ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Marquetry is making a comeback. Ornate, detailed and visibly handcrafted, the art of creating designs and images by ...

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