Subject: Re: I need a word for "decoupage" with wood

From: Nick Schade <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 10:38:24 -0500

JBS213 wrote:
> 
> If it's inlaid, it would be "marquetry" -- similar to parquet flooring.
> Don't know what you'd call it if it's truly just glued on as paper is in
> decoupage.

I am trying to choose between decoupage, marquetry, and intarsia.

Webster¹s New World™ College Dictionary (Third Edition):

de€cou€page
n.
1	the art of cutting out designs or illustrations from paper, foil, 
etc., mounting them decoratively on a surface, and applying several 
coats of varnish or lacquer
2	work done by decoupage
vt.
-paged, -paging to decorate by using decoupage

Etymology
[Fr decoupage < decouper, to cut out < de-, de- + couper, to cut < coup: 
see coup]
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mar€que€try 
n.
decorative inlaid work of wood, ivory, metal, etc., used in furniture 
and flooring

Etymology
[Fr marqueterie < marqueter, to spot, inlay < marque, a mark < OFr merc 
< ON merki < Gmc *marka, mark1]
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in€tar€si€a
n.
a style of decorative or pictorial inlay, esp. of the Italian 
Renaissance, involving a mosaic of wood pieces or, sometimes, ivory, 
metal, etc.

Etymology
[It intarsio < intarsiare, to inlay, incrust < in-, in + Ar tarsi, inlay 
work < rassaa, to inlay]
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What I am doing is gluing very thin veneer on the surface of a 
strip-built kayak and fiberglassing over it. This sounds very much like 
decoupage. Marquetry and intarsia look very similar to each other. They 
are both a form of inlay. The difference is in intarsia the veneer is 
inlayed into a background of solid wood where with marquetry the design 
is inlayed into veneer, i.e. the whole surface is veneered. (this is 
according to the Columbia encyclopedia). By this definition, what I am 
doing is not marquetry because my background is solid wood (strips). It 
is not inlayed so it is not really intarsia, but decoupage is not 
usually done with wood. I am currently trying to decide which word to 
use.

Any comments?

For an example of what I am doing see 
<http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/Building/Guillemot/Built.html>

Thanks to everyone how has responded
     
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Nick Schade
Guillemot Kayaks
10 Ash Swamp Rd
Glastonbury, CT 06033
(860) 659-8847

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>>>>"It's not just Art, It's a Craft!"<<<<

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From: [email-masked] (Frank Tosczak)
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 20:40:34 -0800

In article <[email-masked]>,
[email-masked] wrote:

> > =

Why not use "applied" as in "applied moulding" because that's what you're
doing.  If you want to make it sound fancy, "applique" ?

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Frank Tosczak