Chippendale's classic Marquetry Revealed : Jack Metcalfe : 9781916495814 : 1916495818 : 08 Oct 2018 : About the book In this authorative and wide-ranging volume, published to coincide with the 300th anniversary of Thomas Chippendale's birth, Jack Metcalfe provides fascinating insights into all aspects of 18th century marquetry, gained from close first-hand examination of Chippendale's orginal pieces. Using his 'insider's' knowledge and skills as a practitioner, he details his discoveries about how veneers were cut and dyed, how marquetry panels were constructed and applied to furniture, what challenges marqueteurs faced and the resourceful ways they found of overcoming them. With its lively, engaging narrative, and packed full of over 700 colour images, this book is essential reading for marqueteurs, cabinet makers, dyers, furniture historians and anyone interested in the work of arguably Britain's finest furniture maker, Thomas Chippendale. There are seperate chapters covering: